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I have very early memories of using a teletype with a paper tape reader. I was probably six years old. I don't even remember what it was interfacing with, but
by technothrasher 3y ago
I have very early memories of using a teletype with a paper tape reader. I was probably six years old. I don't even remember what it was interfacing with, but I remember it was annoying because the feed would always screw up and mangle the tape.
- Stratoscope 3y agoI first learned to program on a Teletype that dialed in to a General Electric timesharing system. Dial-up time was very expensive, so I punched my program on a paper tape, printed and reviewed it, then dialed in, immediately ran the tape through the reader, and hung up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24405603 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24405603