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Old 2004-02-12, 01:18 PM   #12
Surfn
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Originally posted by urb
I remember the punch cards being made from a typing pool of about 20 girls who used a one handed keyboard for speed, all linked into am IBM punch machine.
You had to watch those data enterer's like a hawk. One keystroke mistake could ruin the run of a program that took a team of programmers weeks to code. LOL
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