Not all of us had access to the "high end" stuff that would do this.  I know
I did not have access to one.

Jon

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Ken Cornetet <[email protected]>wrote:

>  Trivia – that is why FORTRAN only reads the first 72 columns of the input
> “deck”. This allows the programmer to configure their keypunch machine to
> automatically punch an  auto-incrementing number in columns 73 through 80.
>
>
>
> That way, if you drop your deck, you run them through a card sorter.
>
>
>
> Ken Cornetet 812.482.8499
>
> To err is human - to moo, bovine.
>
>
>
> *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2011 4:05 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Image Editing software [OT]
>
>
>
> Nope… I took Fortran (that was WATFOR, before any of that crazy Fortran-77
> stuff) and BASM (IBM Basic Assembler) on punch cards.
>
>
>
> You want to see a grown man cry? See a punch-card operator drop his
> 1000-card deck while loading it into a punch card reader.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>
>
>
>
> *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2011 4:00 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Image Editing software
>
>
>
> I've heard people talk about this BT (Before Terminals) but always just
> discounted them as crazy people.  Like Big Foot.
>
>
>
> :)
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I was feeling old, a few minutes ago...............
>
> :p
>
> Don Guyer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 7:24 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Image Editing software
>
> I survived on an IBM 360/25 with no fancy "terminal" thingy to get in my
> way!  Programming a punch card machine for IBM COBOL and Assembler code
> is
> da bomb! :)
>
>
> Webster
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Subject: Re: Image Editing software
> >
> > I used to live a fulfilled electronic life using a 1K ZX81
> >
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Michael B. Smith
> > Subject: RE: Image Editing software
> > Sent: 9 Jun 2011 23:45
> >
> > Who needs more than 640K?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Subject: Re: Image Editing software
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Kennedy, Jim
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > But the bottom line is Adobe imaging products just don't play well
> in
> > > a network environment. They still strongly recommend against editing
> a
> > > file on a server with Photoshop, they say copy it locally first.
> >
> >   This "network" idea will never take off anyway.
>
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