i did m y first program in Fortran on an old IBM with punch cards
i can’t believe i did that
so slow and tedious
one error on card and back correcting cards
time consuming indeed
i learn how to work on relational Database on Small Apple 1e i think
and had to transfer a Database from Apple to PDP-11-44
very difficult to do no internet at the time!
had to print the Database records to a printer and use a PDP-11-34
using the keyboard input connected to the printer output of the Apple 1E
and it worked
only problem is that all the date format was wrong
so had to make a small program on PDP-11-44 to correct the dates fields
but i would not go back to these old techno LOL
note:
i did a model of one of the first IBM see this trhead
giving an idea on the physical size and specs !
no comparison with what we have now as PC
happy bl