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wdfifteen 04-08-2020 11:37 PM

We used something called WATFIV in the early 80s. I think it was a modification of basic FORTRAN.
When i left GM I worked in a lab that had its own DEC PDP 11. Twelve of us shared this one 16 bit computer and we thought we were in tall cotton. “We got our own computer man!”

KFC911 04-09-2020 02:04 AM

One thing I knew for sure while getting my computer science degree four decades ago....I wasn't gonna "program" as a career ;). Then I landed a gig with IBM in communications microcode r&d fresh out of college.....

I can become a network geek instead :D.

I loved being a systems programmer and network design, tuning, etc.

asphaltgambler 04-09-2020 03:47 AM

You may want to check with some of the states on the East Coast as some of them are still using COBOL and DOS for their unemployment filing and record keeping..................no joke.

red-beard 04-09-2020 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 10817067)
We used something called WATFIV in the early 80s. I think it was a modification of basic FORTRAN.
When i left GM I worked in a lab that had its own DEC PDP 11. Twelve of us shared this one 16 bit computer and we thought we were in tall cotton. “We got our own computer man!”

Yep, WATFIV was a form of FORTRAN for the IBM computers

red-beard 04-09-2020 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by asphaltgambler (Post 10817136)
You want want to check with some of the states on the East Coast as some of them are still using COBOL and DOS for their unemployment filing and record keeping..................no joke.

Everywhere.

asphaltgambler 04-09-2020 07:03 AM

That is just unbelievable...…………..

Paul T 04-09-2020 07:17 AM

It's quite common in many large financial firms as well. There is always some old relic somewhere that two people in the entire firm know anything about that is the glue that holds all systems together...

KFC911 04-09-2020 07:34 AM

^^^^ So true...but those two folks are LONG gone ;).


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