Re: Punch Cards.

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Michael Weiner wrote:
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Gerhard Magnus wrote:


        I worked in a "computer room" once, a long time ago -- do they still
        have these? The hard drives were as big as washing machines and
        rattled
        as if they were on spin cycle.


    They do still have computer rooms and for some reason they just keep
    sucking more and more power to run and more air conditioning to cool.


http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/HistoryPt4.htm

Enjoy the walk back!!!!
Michael Weiner


Thank you for the link.

It was nice to see the TTY there. I remember having a Star Trek program on paper tape. Let it roll down the outside of the residence building at school. It was over 10 stories long.

We were the lucky ones in the second year. We had a TI terminal that had a cassette tape in it. No more punch cards or paper tape for us. :)

PDP 8's and PDP 11's with the bootloader mylar tape were fun as well.

Now I feel old again.

--
Robin Laing


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