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Why were people still using punchcards in the 80s?
by Wowfunhappy 4y ago
Why were people still using punchcards in the 80s?
- tanseydavid 4y agoTo make confetti out of the chads for parades. ;)
- Xorakios 4y agoAlas, at Princeton University 1980 that was the only way to submit programs. I was doing tech support for professors as part of my work-study package and a couple hours a week on a green-bar paper teletype sorta like this was a huge benefit: https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/teletype_model_33_illustration.jpg?trim=1,1&bg-color=000&pad=1,1 https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/teletyp...