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Re: Punch Cards (Was latest technology)
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Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
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Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 May 1999 01:14:06 -0400
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Yup, remember the 1620 well.  Its code name was "CADET".
This stood for "Can't add, doesn't even try".  To add
decimally its used a llookup table.  All arithmetic operations
can be accomplished with an add only capability.  BTW, the only
print
device for the 1620 at first was only an IBM typewriter.
Gentlemen and ladies, we have come a long way in the last forty
years!

Regards,

Nick D.

John Pearce wrote:
>

> Anyone remember running Fortran II on the IBM 1620 before IBM provided the
> 1311 disk drive?  All punch cards.  We thought we were in heaven when IBM
> provided a 1311 drive and we could dump all those card decks.
>
>

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