MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Thu Dec 29 19:58:27 CST 2005
I remember once putting in a job into a service bureau in Ottawa, a day before government year end looking at the job queue and then going to watch Lawrence of Arabia at the movie theater next door 15 minutes after the movie ended, I got my printout. Tesiny, Ed wrote: >Confused. we for the most part only dealt with EBCDIC, this is going back to 1976, a date which i BELIEVE PREDATES A LOT OF LISTERS. Damn caps lock . Sorry! > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of MartyConnelly > Sent: Thu 12/29/2005 5:03 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Cc: > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Memory Lane. IBM Key Punch > > > > I believe the 026's only punched BCD and the 029 EBCDIC > > Tesiny, Ed wrote: > > >You're not alone, we had three 029s where all our research projects data > >were entered and verified. Then we took the cards up to the university > >to read them into the UNIVAC 1100. We used dial-ups ( 300 baud) from > >our office (DecWriters I think) to get to the mainframe at the > >university. It was nice, however, on a sunny summer day to send a > >print job to university where they had a little beer garden ;-)) > > > >Ed Tesiny > >EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > >> > >>I'm feeling very OLD right now. > >> > >>GK > >> > >> > >> > > -- > Marty Connelly > Victoria, B.C. > Canada > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/216 - Release Date: 29/12/2005 > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada