Quality of debate on az

[pro9dg]

Pro9 thanked us for our participation and opinions. After that the thread had served its purpose and we were free to discuss as we saw fit.

I find it far more interesting than you damned kids and your Michael Bolton. Now stay the Hell off my lawn.

Very well put Ghosst. The post got a good amount of views and a very large percentage of intelligent replies.

Now that it has reached the target that I hoped it would I am happy that the off topic status that it has now is still interesting.

But you guys are Johnny Come Latelies to computers. In 1965 I had a Data Entry Bureau where the input media was 40 column punched cards. This advanced though 80 column cards, paper tape, OCR, Key to tape, key to disc before the arrival of the PC put paid to that. That's when I swung effortlessly into the world of cuesports.

 

[PINKLADY]

Very well put Ghosst. The post got a good amount of views and a very large percentage of intelligent replies.

Now that it has reached the target that I hoped it would I am happy that the off topic status that it has now is still interesting.

But you guys are Johnny Come Latelies to computers. In 1965 I had a Data Entry Bureau where the input media was 40 column punched cards. This advanced though 80 column cards, paper tape, OCR, Key to tape, key to disc before the arrival of the PC put paid to that. That's when I swung effortlessly into the world of cuesports.

omg! i had forgotten (conveniently) about those....
wow! now i feel even older than 12 hrs ago.

Fortran
Unix
DOS

my step-father wrote the original program for barcode scanning & real-time inventory.

and this, Mr OP, tells you that all Hope is not lost herein.
WHAT A GREAT THREAD, AND NEEDED TIMELY.

while i am new to AZB, and my mission was BB, i find it wonderful, to have met, some people, of substance.