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Re:Is there any value to a CS degree at 50? by random_user on Thursday December 19, 2013 @12:27AM (#6933070)
I wonder how many people on HN have actually touched a VT-100? Or an 8 inch floppy disk? Or how about removable platter 10 MB hard drives the size of a washing machine?
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Re:Is there any value to a CS degree at 50? by informatimago on Friday December 20, 2013 @07:32AM (#6941087)
I did, all three of them. And I punched programs on cards, and debugged them thru batch listings and memory dums coming back two or three hours later :-)
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