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Non-Tech : YEAR 2000 STOCK PICKING CONTEST -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jack Hartmann who wrote (949)2/18/2000 4:24:00 PM
From: CatLady  Respond to of 1146
 
My high school had a teletype hook-up to IIT and we used punch tape terminals to type in programs and run them on IIT's computer. We learned IITRAN (IIT's modified FORTRAN).

Moved up to punched cards and real FORTRAN at UICC.

Wierd stuff:
Message 12913790

Sorry for the OT Katie.



To: Jack Hartmann who wrote (949)2/19/2000 9:56:00 PM
From: rocki  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1146
 
>>Fortran. ... We used computer cards back then...

Yes, I remember fortran and punching holes in cards---YUK!!
--getting old!


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