Subj : Re: COBOL for Beginners
To   : smartyhall
From : Grease
Date : Sat Dec 07 2019 09:13 am

 Re: Re: COBOL for Beginners
 By: smartyhall to Grease on Sat Dec 07 2019 04:04 am

> EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal
> a.k.a. Yet another bad idea in service of "customer retention." lol
> I really should give FORTRAN another go. In any case, I long to one day have
> enough room for a card punch of my verry own. I've just about given up on my
> childhood dream of owning a fully-functional UNIVAC with drum storage
> though.

Our high school had two of the machines. We would wait to type our cards. It never failed that you would be behind that guy that would hunt and peck on the keys. Unfortunately, that guy was me.

                                Grease
                         darmatt.synchro.net

...I want to write a mystery novel...or do I?

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