Nostalgia

[numa at thenuma.com]

That's what I learned Assembler on as well.  Love that 390.

Kris

> Quoting Robert Kennedy <erwin_k_r at yahoo.com>:
>
>> 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.
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