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mahatmakanejeeves

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2. Don't drop the cards.
Thu May 1, 2014, 12:36 PM
May 2014

I'm sure (or, I hope) it's up to a more recent version than the one I used so many years ago. Goodness, I remember taking a stack of cards to The Computer Room so that The Computer Operator could run my program. Which usually did not happen, as I had forgotten a semicolon in a line somewhere.

Ah, the good old days. Soon, though, we would be able to access computers from a distance. This is from 1983. It "weighs only 15 pounds."



PT-210 Portable Data Terminal

The PT-210 weighed 15 pounds and came in a briefcase-style case. It contained a full-size 53-key keyboard, an acoustic coupler that communicated at 110 or 300 baud, and a “whisper-quiet” thermal printer.

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Happy 50th birthday, BASIC [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2014 OP
FORTRAN FOREVER! HERVEPA May 2014 #1
Don't drop the cards. mahatmakanejeeves May 2014 #2
Used this in mid-70's HERVEPA May 2014 #8
My first computer job was teaching FORTRAN. nt antigop May 2014 #6
" And it was wonderful. God, it really was." Jesus Malverde May 2014 #3
Stop it, you bad person. mahatmakanejeeves May 2014 #5
In an old man voice TlalocW May 2014 #4
I think "poke" will always be my favorite BASIC command. tridim May 2014 #7
Started programming in 1973. BASIC was the gateway drug for developers. riqster May 2014 #9
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