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When I took my first programming course in high school, we had a PDP-11/34 and several terminals in the classroom. But for our first assignments, we used mark-s
by flyinghamster 7y ago
When I took my first programming course in high school, we had a PDP-11/34 and several terminals in the classroom. But for our first assignments, we used mark-sense cards (in the usual IBM form factor). There was a dedicated column for the statement keyword (chosen by a single mark).
After a couple of such assignments, they turned us loose on the terminals. Those who were quick/lucky got one of the few VT100s or the DECwriter III, but any terminal was better than the mark-sense cards. I think that was a weeding-out exercise.