Am I the only Zoomer? I see a lot of “I remember”-type responses, so I have to wonder.

  • @[email protected]
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    52 years ago

    Old. Just caught the tail end of the era of big machines.

    Learnt Unix on a VAX 11/750. Used text terminals for a long time.

      • @[email protected]
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        42 years ago

        No, except for software that represented data in virtual punched cards under the covers, for communicating with remote systems. (None of which used punched cards anymore.)

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          2 years ago

          Hah, xnec2c for GUI antenna simulation still expects you to make virtual punch cards. “If it’s not broken”, I guess…

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      32 years ago

      In the early 90’s my college had a VAX for student accounts via wonderful dial up The CS dept had Sparcstation 2 workstations