> She also claims she used to manually bootstrap a computer using toggle switches to initiate a loader and then feed it punch cards Not implausible, check http

> She also claims she used to manually bootstrap a computer using toggle switches to initiate a loader and then feed it punch cards Not implausible, check http://www.pdp-11.nl/peripherals/how-to-bootstrap.html http://www.pdp-11.nl/peripherals/how-to-bootstrap.html for booting a PDP11. I suspect it was before even this as I have never heard of a PDP11 with punched cards. Wasn't IBM the big punched card people? edit: @madengr 0 minutes ago: snap