Real Old School Programming (was: Re: Where to buy a Selectric?)

[Scott Stevens]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:32:42 -0800
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

> On 12/30/2005 at 2:29 PM Kevin Handy wrote:
> 
> >If you used the forms enough, you could eventually print 10 point
> >using blank paper.
> 
> One survival skill in programming was learning to block print legibly and
> quickly.  Lines through zeroes and maybe a tick in the middle of a seven,
> serifs on capital I to distinguish it from numeric 1...  
> 

My father retired after working at IBM for 27 years.  He does not
have a 'handwriting,' he block prints everything.  It helps this
that he is left handed.