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		zio99 on Aug 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask Old-School HN: What was it like pre internet? As for programming, I'd write in x86 and Delphi (which came on 10 floppy disks) with a lot of GoTO 0 statements. My parents used punch cards [PDF: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/fisk.pdf], so I guess I had it easier.

jfaucett on Aug 21, 2012 [–]

thanks for the link, its fascinating. That does give a whole new meaning to linking and compiling :)

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