I can beat that. My first computer job didn't even have a crt tube connected to the system!!! It was an IBM s/360 model 30 with a whopping 24k memory expansion module the size of an large side-by-side fridge! The system console/log was an IBM selectric with a pin feed roller platen. The next 4 companies I worked for removed their card punch/readers while I worked for 'em. numa@thenuma.com wrote: > That's what I learned Assembler on as well. Love that 390. > > Kris > > >>Quoting Robert Kennedy : >> >> >>>Just to put a little perspective on this. When I took >>>computer programming classes at UMKC in 1982 & 1983 >>>they were just getting rid of the last few key punch >>>stations. >> >>I did Cobol, Assembler and RPGII at Penn Vally in '91 or '92, and the >>RPG stuff was all on cards, but the Assembler was on terminals. I >>don't think they had any outside access back then. Since RPG is >>basically just a card sorting program, virtualising the old patch >>boards for the sorters, it makes a lot of sense on cards. System390 >>Assmebler really rocks! It's one of the reasons I never had the >>patience to learn programming on the PC. >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>This mail sent through tarcanfel's horde/imp system >> >> > > > > > > > -- A marble traveling at 22,000 miles per hour would strike with as much force as a 400-pound safe traveling at just 60 miles per hour.