I'm old enough to know what an 029 is. And an 026. I have memories of punching card decks. Not all good. :-)
I still think I can program an 029. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mason > Sent: Tuesday April 18 2006 16:45 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: What's the linkage editor really wants? > > Ray, > > It's a *card* thing - along with felt-tipped pens, elastic > bands and 029 card punches[1] - and you'd be needing a 2540 > or 2501 to read your object decks (modules) in and a 2540 to > get them punched out from the compiler/assembler. > > [1] http://www.computinghistorymuseum.org/museum/punch_zoom.htm > > Checking I had my fact right, I had a bit of a shock when I > thought I might be looking at the first 2540 I ever fed but > it's the university not the IBM service bureau: > http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/events/anniversaries/40th/images/ibm36 > 0_672/slide19.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
