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The History of the Floppy Disk
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The History of the Floppy Disk
Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten. -
Originally posted by SimonMac View Postthey enabled developers and users to stop using the dreaded paper tape (which were easy to fold, spindle, and mutilate, not to mention to pirate) and the loathed IBM 5081 punch card
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Prefer the History of Mr Polly
With the classic line, "Little dog!" he said, and moved doorward hastily. "Eating my bicycle tyre, I believe".Comment
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How did I know there would be a z reply even before clicking?bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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Originally posted by expat View Post
Ah, Data Processing was fun then.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
Sigh........Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.Comment
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Originally posted by Scrag Meister View PostApple II, I always remember some keen member of my A level class having 5-6 drives linked in a stack to run his great Cobol A level project application.
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I learned to code on paper coding sheets which used to get sent away and get punched at the bureau (I punched my own JCL cards). As I was just a grunt my programs used to come back full of errors whereas the senior guys used to get their cards double punched (i.e. verified). We were only allowed one compile a day so it used to have a real impact on my productivity but it did teach me not to make too many mistakes.
We also had printouts of all the programs in huge racks of one part stationery and the convention was if you made a change to a program you had to take a complete printout and hang it in the racks. Pretty much all coding was designed using the printouts and coding sheets and not on the actual computer which had a pretty primitive line editor and a 2mb of core memory (1mb plus a 1mb add-on that cost over £100,000)....my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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