Monday, April 25, 2022

Punch tape computerized accounting, 1964


Baby steps... As late as the 1970’s teletype terminals were still used for computer terminals, especially for dial-up systems. They used paper tape for “high speed” input/output. Computers from that era required a paper tape reader. Imagine loading a software package from a very, very long tape.

 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, at least you didn't have to worry about the punch cards getting out of order...

rdguy

Graham Clayton said...

Or dropping them on the floor and having to resort!