Random Technical Question about External Hard Drives

MeatPounder · 2009-02-20, 02:19 PM

Fortran, cobol...oh the fun days!
Hell I used to be able to look at the keypunch cards and read them

Anyone remember the excitement and anticipation of bringing a huge box of data cards to the main frame and waiting for notification that they just ran your job, running down to the computer room and paging through 1200 pages out printout to see if your code worked?

Yup, the good old days for sure

2009-02-20, 02:19 PM	#14
MeatPounder Women might be able to fake orgasms But men can fake whole relationships Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fl Posts: 2,408	Fortran, cobol...oh the fun days! Hell I used to be able to look at the keypunch cards and read them Anyone remember the excitement and anticipation of bringing a huge box of data cards to the main frame and waiting for notification that they just ran your job, running down to the computer room and paging through 1200 pages out printout to see if your code worked? Yup, the good old days for sure