12 Dec
2015
12 Dec
'15
2:18 p.m.
On Dec 12, 2015, at 7:49 AM, Nico de Jong <nico at
farumdata.dk> wrote:
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From: "Mike" <tulsamike3434 at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [cctalk] Re: TOP POSTING
The one question I do have for the older
gentlemen on here is what in the
world did the computers without a screen to look at do? Now I know about
the tape, > cassette tape's and even the paper with the hole punches in
them but what kind of applications were they use for? Mathematics or? ? ?=
When I started in 1969, displays certainly were not commonplace, but we got
the jobs done anyhow.
All our (administrative) jobs started as punched cards (later data-entry on
IBM 3740), were read via an IBM 2540 card reader / puncher, handled on an
IBM 360/40, with output on e.g. the venerable 1403 printer. Data was kept on
magnetic tapes and 2311 harddisks, with each a whopping 7.25 MB capacity.
So, when you had to look at something, you looked at fanfold paper, with
holes on both sides.
Other applications could put holes in cards
/Nico
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