[OT] paper on Retro ?

From: Stan Barr <stanb_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Sat Oct 19 04:53:00 2002

Hi,

ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) said:
>
> Also, many of us remember filling in a coding form, then either punching
> a card deck or having one punched, then handing it to the operator, then
> coming back to collect the output (normally error messages :-)). I wonder
> if people will even rememebr that went on in, say, 50 years time.

I used to have to fill out coding forms, put them in the internal mail
with a run request and get a printout in the mail a day or so later.
It made debugging somewhat slow :-)
-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Sat Oct 19 2002 - 04:53:00 BST

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