27 Nov
2007
27 Nov
'07
1:19 p.m.
On 27 Nov 2007 at 10:52, Fred Cisin wrote:
EAM first! There's nothing like "cardboard
technology" to demystify the
whole thing. "How can you use an 08x sorter (one column at a time) to
efficiently arrange a large deck of cards with a sequence number in 73
through 80?" "Wire a plug board for an interpreter to print last name,
then first name, that have fields in the middle of the card, flush left."
"Use a 407? accounting machine to print results directly onto a form
1040." "Use a Gerber Data Digitizer ("Etch-a-sketch") to make a deck
of
cards with a risque picture."
Eh, I don't think that learning to wire a plugboard for a 407 or 514
or even a 557 taught me much about computer operation. It was more
like learning to divide on a comptometer.
Cheers,
Chuck