Re: Slide Rules and Slipsticks - in the 1960's B.C. - i.e. (Before Computers)


David Fischer
 

My high school days were spent on an IBM 1440 (first 2 years) and a UNIVAC 1106 my senior year.  Mostly FORTRAN then COBOL, ALGOL and assembly on the UNIVAC.
-- David F.


On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 5:57 PM Barry Megdal <bmegdal@...> wrote:

I used to program the IBM 1620 at the neighboring junior college when I was in high school – unique thing about that machine was that internal storage was in decimal (BCD) rather than standard binary……

 

-        Barry

 

Dr. Barry Megdal

 

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