14 Dec
2010
14 Dec
'10
11:19 a.m.
On 14 Dec 2010 at 10:44, Rich Alderson wrote:
I first learned to program on an IBM 1401 and a System/360 (running
DOS) in 1969, and only worked in IBM-oriented computer labs in college
and grad school until I met the DEC-20 in 1977; I continued to be
bicomputeral until the Stanford job in 1984. I think that qualifies
me as a kind of IMBer.
A quick check in bitsavers IBM collection seems to reveal no
particular convention. For example, the 1620 Fortran II manual shows
no slashes through either the ohs or the zeroes.
Some publications show slashes through the ohs, others through the
zeroes.
Now that I think about it, since I gave up doing either in my
handwriting many years ago, I don't remember which I used. Maybe I
can find an old coding form of mine somewhere.
--Chuck