Originally posted by BR14
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Nostalgia not what it used to be
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“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.” -
Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
The absolute joy when the rubber band holding the card deck together finally rots & they cascade all over the floor.
I remember a batch compiler system, where you would feed a Cobol program into the card reader for overnight compilation and check the results the next morning, only to find you had omitted a full stop somewhere and the compile had failed!
I heard of someone who spent hours and hours trying to debug a Cobol program by poring over printouts, baffled at how it could possibly fail, until eventually they twigged that one full stop was a small blemish in the paper and wasn't actually in the program!Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostAh but doubtless you would have made a diagonal line across the top of the stack with a felt pen, so they'd be easy to sort!
I remember a batch compiler system, where you would feed a Cobol program into the card reader for overnight compilation and check the results the next morning, only to find you had omitted a full stop somewhere and the compile had failed!
I heard of someone who spent hours and hours trying to debug a Cobol program by poring over printouts, baffled at how it could possibly fail, until eventually they twigged that one full stop was a small blemish in the paper and wasn't actually in the program!Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostAh but doubtless you would have made a diagonal line across the top of the stack with a felt pen, so they'd be easy to sort!
But it was still a pain in the arse.
Mostly quicker to repunch it.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostYou are still using a strain of OS/2 today if you use modern windows.
OS/2 - Wikipedia
First time I saw OS/2 it was obviously the future, OS/3 which was based on an illicit night of passion with VMS and became NT.
Thing that made the difference was NT 3.51 was much cheaper than OS/2 or Netware. One could have a server (normally a workstation with go faster stripes not a real sever that came later) that ran pretty well as a workstation for a few hundred quid. Combine that with M$ getting in bed with Dell & HP for drivers it was a no brainer. No hunting for the right premium card to run under OS/2 or Netware.Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by BR14 View Postno.
i've kept up, which is why i'm working with the latest software and hardware.
and not that toytown windows/apple/android crap either.The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostAh, not playing with diodes any more then grandpa?Comment
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Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostThe absolute joy when the rubber band holding the card deck together finally rots & they cascade all over the floor.
Sight unseen, just prior, the cards had been switched out for jumbled up old ones.
What wags we were.
p.s. I've not retired yet either. Learnt to code longhand on paper coding sheets, crossing zeroes and topping and tailing I's. One compile a day....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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