Didn't anyone use Assembler back then? I thought that came before
COBOL? Personally I love Assembler. So much more control, although COBOL
does have it's good points too.
--
Mark
** Registered Linux user # 182496 **
On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> How about HAND loading the boot code on the old Altair front panels EVERY
> friggin time you wanted to start the machine via the paper tape loader...
>
> Or having to "role your own" drivers for Kennedy Tape drives for PDP-11's
> because Dec did not support them...
>
> Punch card Job entries, submitted at night, results posted the next day...
>
> Apple III's running CPM cards... Cyber Cobol...
>
> APL (gasp!)
>
> etc... ah yes the good old days, may they rest in peace.
>
> Now where did I leave my portable MP3 player...
>
> -JMS
>
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Pj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> |Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 6:33 PM
> |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> |Subject: [expert] OT: harddrive flashback
> |
> |
> |From: Using MS-DOS 6.2 (QUE book) 1993
> |
> |Pg. 140; pgph 5:
> |
> |"Hard disks have changed the most. A number of technology have come and
> |gone as hard disks have steadily gotten larger and faster. Drives capable
> |of storing more than two gygabytes(two billion bytes) now cost less than
> |$2,500.
> |
> |Who remembers when 10GB cost $10,000?
> |
> |Pj
> |
>
>
