Yes. I remember the Ferranti Pegasus. I ran Fortran II and earlier on it. That 
is one machine that I used paper tape for. I also remember the Algfol60. I 
was in England then.

Seedkum


On Monday 17 February 2003 10:54 pm, Len Lawrence wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:11:18 -0800
> Seedkum Aladeem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ------------------------ snip snip snip -------------------------
>
> > I remember those good old days. If you guys are nostalgic on the
> > seventies, I am also nostalgic on the sixties. I remember those stacks of
> > punched cards and machines and the punched paper tapes. I still have a
> > bunch of rolls of punched paper tapes. I do not have a paper tape reader
> > though. Do you know where I can get my hands on one in the San Francisco
> > Bay area?
>
> And do you remember having to patch them up by hand or unravelling a room
> full of the stuff when it got tangled?
>
> Anybody remember the Ferranti Pegasus (8k memory) and Mercury Autocode?
> Or Algol60?


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