[OT] Yorkshire programmers, was RE: More Cheap-o Squeak-o hardwareGary Fisher gafisher at sprynet.comWed Feb 13 13:55:24 UTC 2002
> entering instructions via the pushbuttons on the front panel. FORTRAN? > Paper tape? Luxury!!! > Pushbuttons?!? We DREAMED of pushbuttons! Our managers expected us to connect the vacuum tubes by hand; 300 volts, and we'd be droppin' like flies durin' even the simplest bubble sort . . . Pushbuttons! Paugh! <G>
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