Re: For the fun of it

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <1156536600.213428.98020@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
Kirk Mitchell <kirkmitchell@gmail.com> wrote:

> Bill Heckel wrote:
>> Hey gang,
>>
>> Let's have some fun....
>>
>> Post your current age and the first computer you ever used.
> 
> 49.
> 
> CDC 6400 in the year 1972.
> 
> They're more fun now that we don't have to screw with punched cards.
> B-{)
> 
> Kirk

You can still enjoy screwing with punched cards if you like  :-)
Check out:

http://homepages.cwi.nl/~dik/english/codes/80col.html
http://homepages.cwi.nl/~dik/english/codes/punched.html
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/%7Ejones/cards/
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?HollerithPunchCard

https://gna.org/projects/backtolife/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/backtolife/
http://members.iinet.net.au/~tom-hunter/
http://www.cclassic.szu.pl
http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules/
http://www.ibiblio.org/jmaynard/
http://www.cbttape.org/

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