June 17th, 2001, 08:19 PM
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Re: Off Topic, BUT very good information
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Originally posted by LeTharg:
Wow, I didn't mean to get everyone started on rememberances from the days of steam computing. I have stories of toggling in programs, using paper tape (punched on mylar for durability), submitting jobs with 20 boxes of punched cards only to have the operator drop them. I've got souvenirs too, like my chunk of "core" memory from an old Cyber machine. CPM is new stuff.
But I really wanted to say that Sandra is a useful utility and worth a try.
LOL, steam computing!!! Yeah, I got a few paper tapes too....
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