I remember that! We used to print, "4377."
On Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 3:53:39 PM UTC-5, Terry Bowman wrote: > > > On Jan 1, 2020, at 8:45 AM, Robert G. Schaffrath <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > There were ways to send ASCII symbols to the ASR33 punch that caused > characters to be formed by the punched dots. My favorite was "DOES NOT > COMPUTE!". > > > That's what we did with my TI 57 programmable calculator. It had to be > held upside-down while the numerals "4377" slowly appeared. > > There was an ASR33 in the Guidance Dept. when I was in High School. I was > allowed to sit down and play with it for a few minutes in my senior year. I > don't think they actually used it very much. > > > Sometimes, I miss that old tech though I really would not want to have to > make a living now working with it. > > > I wouldn't mind to make some money off of old tech. Specifically, my > ASR33. It comes with a stand. Local pickup only. I hate to give it up but... > > > Much prefer Linux/Windows/MacOS and C, C#, Node.js and a few other > languages I picked up over the last 40 years. > > > 6502 Assembler, FORTH, 6811 Assembler, and...HyperCard! > > My beloved HyperCard is gone but it has been superseded by LiveCode (free > uncrippled version available). > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > "I've seen things you *people* wouldn't believe: attack ships on fire off > the shoulder of Orion... beams...in the dark in the Tannhauser Gate. All > those moments will be lost in time...like tears in the rain." — Roy Batty, > *Blade > Runner* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f5e16441-344f-4146-b7a9-b0965e6431d3%40googlegroups.com.
