Re: You think you had it rough

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1 total messages Started by mon... Steve Monson Fri, 05 Oct 1990 13:12

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Author: mon... Steve Monson
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 1990 13:12

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In article <1990Oct4.1...@cl.cam.ac.uk> da...@cl.cam.ac.uk (David Elworthy) writes:
>In article <450...@hp-vcd.HP.COM> jo...@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton) writes:
>><<<<
>>< You had 029 keypunches? We had 026-ers, and had to ask the operator
>>< for our listings. And it was *always* hours later (except under special
>>< dispensation when a test was due).
>>----------
>>Oh Yeah!  We didn't even have keypunch machines. We each got a one hole
>>punch and and a map showing the codes. And cards? We had to take the
>>used ones and glue the chad back in ..and..and.. O never mind.
>>
>Had a punch, did you? You were lucky. We had to use a trained gerbil which bit
>the hole in the card when you pulled its tail. (Course, later we got several
>in parallel and hammers to beat them with.)
>
Gerbils!?! Lucky you!! We had to use snakes, and be sure that all our codes
contained an even number of punches, since the snakes had two fangs. We were
trying to get some one-fanged models, but it was dangerous. Of course, we
had to use only the ASP system for submission.
--
Bad writing is only bad when it thinks it is good or, worse, doesn't care.
				     Scott Rice

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