Punch Cards.

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Craig White wrote:
> 
> and as for everyone going on about punch cards...perhaps in 20 more
> years, it will be considered ancient history but now, there are way too
> many of us still around that remember them to make them an interesting
> story.
> 
> Craig
> 
I can remember writing a BASIC program that let you type in, and 
edit code, and would them write it to mag tape. I would then take 
the tape down to the IBM 360 and you it as input data for a program 
that would then output them to the high speed card punch. The only 
problem was that the high speed punch would not print on the top of 
the card, so it was harder to know what the card said. Now if only 
they would have had the high speed punch on the same system as the 
terminals...

Mikkel
-- 

   Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

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