Sunday, 1 October 2023

Punched Card


 Students ask me what sort of computer I used when I was at school. I didn't because only when I went to University did they have one, and then it was run-off punched cards learning Fortran, Algol 68 and Coral 66, and the computer took up the top floor of the Uni.

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