Hands up here . . . Punchcards too . . . Sitting around waiting for your output to be printed . . . ARRRRRRR the nightmares
How ancient . . . Lucky me that was the last semester they had punch cards. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:06 PM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us> wrote: > It was my first programming class at the U of I. Fortran using punch cards > on an IBM mainframe system. Each student was alloted so many minutes of > processor time and if you went over that limit, you failed the course. One > infinite loop and you are "out of here". Many a night spent in the digital > computer lab at the key punch machines, then carry your card stack to the > reader, and wait for your printout. What fun...... > > > Ben Story wrote: > >> They had it in the course catalog, but only offered it every 4 years and >> only for Physics and Chemistry majors. >> >> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:02 PM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us <mailto: >> hay...@sages.us>> wrote: >> >> Show of hands. How many took a college class in Fortran??????? >> (My hand it up.....) >> >> >> Williams, Scott wrote: >> >> >> >> ******Ouput for Happy Birthday Fortran >> >> WRITE(6,*)'Happy Birthday Fortran' >> STOP >> END >> >> Today in 1956, first Fortran Manual published >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Ben Story >> CCSP, CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCDA >> ben.st...@gmail.com <mailto:ben.st...@gmail.com> >> >> >> "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. -- >> Abraham Lincoln >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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