GPU cards and opinions

[George S.]

Oh come on, 2017 was like..., yesterday,

 

[J!m]

More like 1817 in computer-speak.

Not that I know much about computers.

 

[e30m3mon]

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Yeah ... like a programming language they crammed down our throats in the early years of Comp Sci .... the rest of the world was using C and C++.

 

[Gepetto]

Yeah ... like a programming language they crammed down our throats in the early years of Comp Sci .... the rest of the world was using C and C++.

Another programming language roadkill along the way...

 

[gene french]

Yeah ... like a programming language they crammed down our throats in the early years of Comp Sci .... the rest of the world was using C and C++.

in 1971-72...we started on an ibm360...keypunch...
had another manual machine the size of a small coke machine...had 8 switches and a button...you had to set every bit...then register by pushing the button ... language was university created language called tiger 1...lsu tigers i presume. .
then graduated to assembler, fortran, cobol...i finished with a minor in computer science ....72 was the first year a degree was offered...i would have had to go another year to double major...
i decided to take my degree and go...into the big bad world...you know, some graduated with honors...i was honored to graduate...

 

[J!m]

I started on Basic in highschool.

The robots I was working with in the 80's used a very similar language; and still do to this day...

 

[gene french]

you know beginners all purpose symbolic instruction code ...
i taught a course one year at the university...they lost an instructor....i filled in..free of course
..lololol

 

[FredR]

Pascal using punch cards as well, 1975 when I was studying econometrics. Damn overnight batches drove me nuts.

 

[Gepetto]

Do I need to use IBM hollerith cards for my new GPU card??

 

[FredR]

Brilliant man.

 

[Gepetto]

Pascal using punch cards as well, 1975 when I was studying econometrics. Damn overnight batches drove me nuts.

The mainframe way...batch

 

[gene french]

The mainframe way...batch

we were not allowed access to the keypunch....had to write it..deparyment had keypunch operators. ...needless to say ..lots of flags....they had no clue what they were typing...lol

 

[gene french]

Do I need to use IBM hollerith cards for my new GPU card??

only if you need backward compatibility...lol

 

[Gepetto]

we were not allowed access to the keypunch....had to write it..deparyment had keypunch operators. ...needless to say ..lots of flags....they had no clue what they were typing...lol

We had to use the keypunch, if you made a mistake at keypunch, it was on you.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Back in the day we had to tie our shoes.... Now we got velcro.............

 

[J!m]

I don’t get Velcro at my pay grade.

 

[gene french]

whats velcro??

 

[J!m]

Space-age shit.