--- Francis Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Punch tape and ALGOL 60, any takers? We used a > little hammer and a chisel of sorts plus generous > amount of masking tape to fix the coding errors. > There was no keyboard per se. We used rows and rows > of flip switches to punch in the command. You flip a > row of up to 48 toggle switches, then push a "go" > button, that is how a command was entered. Debugging > was done by "step" through the program, one line at > a line. Output was either line printer, or rows and > rows of blinker lights. Pretty cool. > > Thanks, > > Francis >
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