I had a spool of punch tape! /ALE

> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Wood, R A (Bob)
> 
> Ah... Punch cards.... Now THERE was an innovation.... 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Rohrich, James
> 
> But the punch cards were good book marks. I still have a small supply.
> 
> James Rohrich
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Stan Horwitz
> 
> On May 25, 2006, at 10:02 AM - 5/25/06, Albert Eddie 
> Contractor AFRPA CIO/IT wrote:
> 
> > Comments below...
> >
> >> versus the two we have now.  Also consider the product we all are 
> >> using, Legato, which licenses based on number of slots of tape 
> >> storage (until you get to 512 or more - then you get an unlimited 
> >> license).
> >
> > What are you talking about? My legato licenses are based on # of
> > (server) clients not tape slots.
> 
> The cost for a tape library enabler is contingent on the 
> number of tape slots, but after something like 512 slots, the 
> next tier up allows for an unlimited number of tape slots.  
> Perhaps that's what you are thinking of.
> 
> >> I was rummaging through an old box at home the other day and came 
> >> across the first tape media I used - some old cassettes 
> from my high 
> >> school days of Commodore PETs.  My, we have come a long way. - Jim
> >
> > Wow.. Don't make me go old school on you...
> >
> > Commodore Vic-20/C-64/PET
> > TRS-80
> > PDP11-70
> >
> > <Singing Loudly> Mammories.. Oh I meant Memmories..
> >
> > Remember waiting for programs to load from cassette tapes?
> > Full functioning quicken like programs loading from a cartridge!
> 
> Geez! You guys with those cassette tapes had all the luck! I 
> got stuck taking courses in assembly language and FORTRAN on 
> punched cards and paper tape. Fortunately, i eventually found 
> a way to use a "modern"  crt to do my homework in a text 
> editor and submit the jobs via batch, then punch the media in 
> order to submit the assignment for a grade.

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