Grant Edwards wrote:
The file containing the list of coordinates generated by a CAD program
for holes in a circuit board is still often referred to as a "drill
tape".
Yep, and we talk about "core" memory, use a "tape archive"
program to produce compressed files, and have "drives"
with no movin
Christopher Reimer wrote:
The first time I came across a paper tape reader when I
visited the university as a teenager in 1984. A CNC machine read the paper
tape to drill six holes in a piece of metal.
I think that would have just been called NC (Numerical
Control). CNC (Computer Numerical Con
On 2016-08-30, Christopher Reimer wrote:
> Paper tape reader. The first time I came across a paper tape reader
> when I visited the university as a teenager in 1984. A CNC machine
> read the paper tape to drill six holes in a piece of metal.
The file containing the list of coordinates generated
I had a Spectra Video, and I do remember fondly for allowing to experiment
with fractal and all sorts of programming in BASIC.
I recently watched the Steve Jobs movie and it was nice seeing how Apple
was promoting that stage of early personal computers.
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 6:52 PM, D'Arcy
> On Aug 30, 2016, at 11:51 AM, Joe wrote:
>
>> Am 30.08.2016 um 17:52 schrieb D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:56:07 +0200
>> Joe wrote:
>>> Am 30.08.2016 um 13:01 schrieb D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:21:05 -0700
Larry Hudson via Python-list wrote:
> I re
On 08/30/2016 11:51 AM, Joe wrote:
Am 30.08.2016 um 17:52 schrieb D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:56:07 +0200
Joe wrote:
Am 30.08.2016 um 13:01 schrieb D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:21:05 -0700
Larry Hudson via Python-list wrote:
I remember it well. It's what I used to
On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:51:54 +0200
Joe wrote:
> I think the first BASIC Interpreter ever sold by Gates & Friend was
> for this machine? How did you use your floppy drives on this machine
> (Open-Write-Close)?
The floppy drive came with an operating system called MDOS - Micropolis
Disk Operating
Am 30.08.2016 um 17:52 schrieb D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:56:07 +0200
Joe wrote:
Am 30.08.2016 um 13:01 schrieb D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:21:05 -0700
Larry Hudson via Python-list wrote:
I remember it well. It's what I used to initially learn C. I'm a
completely
On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:56:07 +0200
Joe wrote:
> Am 30.08.2016 um 13:01 schrieb D'Arcy J.M. Cain:
> > On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:21:05 -0700
> > Larry Hudson via Python-list wrote:
> >> I remember it well. It's what I used to initially learn C. I'm a
> >> completely self-taught, hobby programmer.
