On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
There's also a copy of that story at FOLDOC. The first computer I ever
programmed was an IBM 1620, Mod 2, with 20,000 individually addressable
BCD digits, already obsolete in the late '60s when I first encountered
it. We started out with machine language, eventually graduating to
Assembler and FORTRAN II. I have fond memories of using an IBM 024 and
found the concept of "cardimages" intuitive. Now, of course, people
find it hard to wrap their minds around the idea even after you explain
it. BTW, both Dan and Jerry also cut their teeth on the 1620.
One thing I have seen is that everyone has at some stage of his life used or learned Fortran in any way, that I saw for sure.
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Regards,
Parshwa Murdia
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