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Originally Posted by stevej37
In my first computer class in college...we used punch-cards to communicate with the computer.
I think it was called FORTRAN?
The computer took up a whole floor of the building.
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Yep. Programming FORTRAN (Formula Translation) Punched a bunch of card in a key punch machine, called up the computer center, put the phone handset in a sort of cradle, and had the card reader scan the cards and send the info to the computer. Seems like 100 years ago.