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   REPLYADDR john larkin  0664dcf0   
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   PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
   On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:27:53 +0100, Single Stage to Orbit   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 2024-08-14 at 11:17 +0000, Joe wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:21:26 +0100, Single Stage to Orbit   
   >>  wrote:   
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   >> >   
   >> > I grew up with microcomputers that had 32K of RAM and tape players.   
   >> > In some ways I agree, in other ways I disgree.   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> You sound like a young'n.   
   >   
   >I suppose you'll now tell us about the joys of using punched cards.   
   >I don't envy you the joys of sorting a pile of punched cards that's   
   >been dropped on the floor ...   
      
   My first real computer was a PDP-8 with 4K of 12-bit core memory and a   
   teletype machine with a 10 char/sec paper tape reader-punch.   
      
   It was actually useful, running the Focal interpretive language. I   
   modeled a steamship propulsion system and got us some megabucks of   
   business. Actually, I was just a kid at the time.   
      
   Cards were a great improvement over paper tape. Draw a diagonal stripe   
   (color coded!) across each subroutine in case you ever droppped them,   
   but don't drop them.   
      
   You could look at a 2-foot long card deck and *see* the program   
   structure.   
      
   Computers used to boot a lot faster in those days. And had less bugs.   
      
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