Awesome answer! Hands-up for those who used punch cards and the IBM S370 with its card sorting machine....
:) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernard Lis Sent: Monday, 27 June 2005 11:59 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Locating files in a directory ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair Burr" >There two things to remember: firstly, the DOS copy command seems to >like a maximum of, I think, 72 characters in the command. Why it's not >80 I have no idea but maybe somebody else does. In the early days when we used 80 col punch cards for programming, cols 73 - 80 where used for sequence numbers. In case you dropped your programming deck, just put it back in the sorting machine. In the modern world we must still think we can drop our programs (probably right into the bit bucket) Bernie Lis ____________________________________________________________________ CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify Air New Zealand immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Air New Zealand. _____________________________________________________________________ For more information on the Air New Zealand Group, visit us online at http://www.airnewzealand.com _____________________________________________________________________
