5 Feb
1999
5 Feb
'99
12:47 p.m.
> I'm thinking of putting together an FAQ-like
document intended to combat
> the stupid ideas people have about computers. So, does anyone
In the games machines world, I cringe when people call computer cartridges
"tapes".
This comes, I think, from the era when carts (eg: Exidy Sorcerer) came in
modified 8-track tape boxes.
Anybody care to discuss the history of the usage of "cartridge/tape"?
Another one... when people say they're "machine code programmers"... they
really mean they're "assembly language programmers". Front-panel users
excluded, there are very very few machine code programmers out there still
keying/toggling in 1s and 0s :)
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