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Retrotechtacular: Programming by Card

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Al Williams

The recent Supercon 6 badge, if you haven’t seen it, was an old-fashioned type computer with a blinky light front panel. It was reminiscent of an Altair 8800, a PDP-11, …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Programming by Card→

Your 1958 Punch Card Machine Tested Tubes

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Al Williams

We think of punched cards as old-fashioned, but still squarely part of the computer age. Turns out, cards were in use way before they got conscripted by computers. Jacquard looms …read more Continue reading Your 1958 Punch Card Machine Tested Tubes→