31 Dec
2005
31 Dec
'05
3:58 p.m.
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:25:45 -0600
From: "Jim Isbell, W5JAI" <jim.isbell at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Real Old School Programming (was: Re: Where to buy a
Selectric?)
Well, using a key punch was a sissy add on that came
later. In the
beginning we moved wire jumpers from here to there and then later in
the NEW age, we flipped 20 switches up or down then pressed a
"deposit" button. Key punches were for sissy's.
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Burroughs had a better idea on some of their systems: they had illuminated
multicoloured push buttons that displayed the various registers; to change
a bit you just pushed the corresponding button.
Still have one of their panels somewhere; also a much less interesting
operator console from a B2700 IIRC.
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