tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post4102307910325327042..comments2024-03-29T05:15:59.987-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Your Latest Computerized Time-SinkComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-11691889395460703242013-01-31T12:55:24.932-05:002013-01-31T12:55:24.932-05:00I programmed with punch cards in high school. My ...I programmed with punch cards in high school. My biggest program was around 100 cards, but I saw others with stacks and stacks of cards. With punch cards, debugging is not a programmer's only heartache. Folds, rips, and dog-ears become serious business.Nangleatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908938252272172718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-5776653619181111692013-01-31T12:44:43.418-05:002013-01-31T12:44:43.418-05:00And Slide rules! I remember people carrying them b...And Slide rules! I remember people carrying them but that was right about the time that computers began to exist. I am a child of the electronic age. In 9th grade we were taught to scavenge parts from dismantled Nike Rockets to make simple electronic novelties.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-1108689671865570512013-01-31T12:40:15.967-05:002013-01-31T12:40:15.967-05:00That was a blast from the past.
Up until a year or...That was a blast from the past.<br />Up until a year or two ago the national Automotive Cert Board used the updated version: fill in the appropriate dot with your pencil. At work I diagnosed computer versus input/output signal problems by watching wavelengths on an oscilloscope, at Test time it was like Grade School.<br />They finally went to computer based testing.<br />w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.com