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

Sat Dec 31 16:27:58 CST 2005

On 12/31/2005 at 2:25 PM Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:

>Well, using a key punch was a sissy add on that came later.  In the
>beginning we moved wire jumpers from here to there and then later in
>the NEW age, we flipped 20 switches up or down then pressed a
>"deposit" button.  Key punches were for sissy's.

Feh!  This was OUR idea of ROM:

http://www.jlw.com/retro/CY70-6K-panel.tif

Cheers,
Chuck