[ale] Us Old Fossils :)

[Jim Kinney]

Yeah, well, _I_ still hold the patents to fire so ...

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Eric Z. Ayers wrote:

> No, no, that couldn't be it.  Danny was in the FIRST class to use
> punch cards.  Right after they invented paper.
> 
> -Eric.
> 
> Jeff Hubbs writes:
>  > Hey, Danny - you must have been there at about the same time David Corbin and I
>  > were.  I was in one of the last FORTRAN classes to use punch cards.
>  > 
>  > - Jeff
>  > 
>  > Danny Cox wrote:
>  > 
>  > > All,
>  > >
>  > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>  > > > Heh, not so fast there, bro'  :)
>  > > > I'll see that & raise you: 110 (with Fast option to 300 :), acoustic
>  > > > coupler...
>  > >
>  > >         Actually, my first programming course at Tech involved FORTAN IV
>  > > and punch cards (024 AND 026).  This wasn't programming on the bare metal,
>  > > but it was pretty primitive by today's standards.
>  > >
>  > >         The first time I flubbed a key at an interactive terminal, and
>  > > the OS responded with "ILLEGAL CONTROL CARD" (yes, they all yelled in
>  > > that day), I just *knew* that someone was about to come and arrest me....
>  > > Ah, the Cyber.
>  > >
>  > > Danny
>  > >
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