[Tfug] Punched cards and paper tape.

Malcolm Schmerl mjs355 at comcast.net
Thu Jan 27 14:11:43 MST 2011


I was working on a masters in CS in the early '80s at the UA. At that 
time there was a CDC 6400 housed in the Computer Center.

On 01/27/2011 08:54 AM, Jim Secan wrote:
> Thanks, Paul.  I was wonder if you still lurked on this list.  I think I'm remembering the UA CDC system - did they get a 6600 a year or two after Kitt Peak installed the 6400, or was that also a 6400?  I know the various programming courses I took at the UA were on a 6x00 system of some flavor.
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> Jim
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> On Jan 27, 2011, at 6:43 AM, Paul Scott wrote:
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>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> On 01/18/2011 04:57 PM, Jim Secan wrote:
>>> UA still on punch cards by 73-74?  I started programming at Kitt Peak using paper tape and punch cards on their CDC 3200 (3300?),
>> 3200
>>> and then on the brand-new-hot-spit CDC 6400 (6600?)
>> 6400
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>> Paul Scott
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