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Subject: Re: Still Going - IRS Still Using JFK-Era Computers
Date: 20 Aug 2024 04:39:46 GMT
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On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:59:48 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> On 8/18/24 11:27 AM, Don_from_AZ wrote:
>> I was at RPI from '64 to '68 working on my BSEE. Took that FORTRAN
>> class. Code your program on coding sheets, punch it onto cards, put the
>> cards into the bin for processing, come back later for the printout. I
>> remember a sign on the input bin to remind you how the cards had to be
>> oriented: 'TOPLEFUP' (top left, face up). Ah, those were the days!
> 
> 
>    HA ! Boy does THAT seem familiar !!!   :-)
> 
>    Didn't hurt to bring gifts for the guys in charge of the 'bin' either
>    ... they'd do your cards first.
> 
>    The gods in the freezing-cold room with all the real hardware ... you
>    never got to talk to them.

The computer building was the only place at RPI that I remember having A/
C. It was new compared to everything else. Eventually the computers were 
moved to a chapel which is fitting in a 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' sort of 
way.

https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/chapel-
voorhees-computing-center