I used to program one of the earliest CNC machines, a wire EDM, writing my code by hand and then punching a paper tape using a teletype. I then fed the paper tape into the machine, where the program could be verified. This was in 1979, just before the PC invaded the business world.
First "computer" I ever saw was about 1965. It read teletype tape, was used in a college astronomy program to figure the stars movements. I didnt see cards til late 1960s, from tabulating machines in the 40s.
I was 8 when this was made and my mother was in Data processing. I remember the punch card machines and the large magnetic disc's. The dot matrix printers and green bar paper.
This show has the real story that pertained to me when I learned keypunch keyboarding at my first job and taught by Jerry Lewis in 1972. In 2024, I still have my modern-day typewriting skill called "keyboarding," under my belt. I still prefer using the microcomputer, color laser printer, even the laminated label tape printer, better than working the old-fashioned way.
Steven, that was cutting edge technology, very expensive, but it eventually led to the smartphone, science fiction in 1972, what will it look like in 2050?
@@nickv1008 We already have drugs that can extend the lives of rats, mice, and dogs by 30% to 50%. We now have supercomputers analyzing genes, proteins, and drugs for their properties and potential. The future is honestly breathtaking, if the West doesn't implode in the next few decades.
That IBM selectric typewriter was a good machine. I wished I had one. We had them in high school. And its 2020 and I think our city still uses these same computers. 😆
In this data processing centers-see equipment that are antiques today.And with those early moving devices-operators wearing neckties and strings on their shirt sleeves!!No more machines like those today!
UA-cam has made some big changes: you can't see where commercials are queued up in a video, and it stops reminding you (after a certain point) that you have already seen a video. I know I saw this probably earlier this year.
I'm "generation Jones" and my older sis is a true Boomer (trust me, she got more for just showing up than I could dream of getting by working very hard, I tried) and she had keypunch work while in high school. It must have been fun, at least compared to foraging and fishing for food for myself and the younger ones as I did.
My mother had one of the earliest internet connections ...email only, maybe? as I remember...she was ecstatic over receiving her first email response. I was 16. It was 1989 or so? I told her it will never go anywhere. Lol I would get mad cause the phone would be in use for hours. Sitting on that modem...mocking me
Yep 300-1200 baud modems were a thing. Dial-up bulletin board systems, and dial-ins to company computers etc. We had an internal email system in that era, in the company I worked for.
@@alexcarter8807 yes sir...my sister says it was late in 88 that we got our first in home connections. I was too busy with pot and girls. I do remember my dad coming home with a 286..then if im correct in recollection. ...a 386dx. My mom was ecstatic.
@@nickv1008 No. Yes, that happened. But that is not what this film was about, and had almost zero to do with commercial data processing. There were two sides to the computer business in those days: the military/government side and the commercial side. Most computer companies had both, but the were in separate buildings, and those often in separate states, and there was almost zero influence or transfer from the military side to the commercial. side. On the other hand, the commercial side, which was driven by business, banking, and commerce in general, transferred quite a lot to the military side. This was done by the military side engineers seeing what the people on the commercial side did, taking it, and making modifications for their own use. They did this in their own buildings, and usually didn't tell the commercial side what they had done, because the military stuff was classified or secret, and the commercial stuff wasn't. The commercial side of DP, which is what this film was about, was in fact driven by free market influences. On the side of the computer companies, they wanted to make a buck. The way they could do that was by making something that people (companies) would want to buy, and then selling it to them. In those days the customers also had a huge influence on the computer companies. They would say "I have this problem and need a solution", and the computer company, hoping to make (a lot of) bucks, would throw an engineering team at coming up with a solution. Sometimes they sold that solution to the customer. Sometimes the customer went somewhere else for a better or different solution. But then the technology had been developed, so the first company sold it to someone else with a similar problem.
I used to program one of the earliest CNC machines, a wire EDM, writing my code by hand and then punching a paper tape using a teletype. I then fed the paper tape into the machine, where the program could be verified. This was in 1979, just before the PC invaded the business world.
First "computer" I ever saw was about 1965. It read teletype tape, was used in a college astronomy program to figure the stars movements. I didnt see cards til late 1960s, from tabulating machines in the 40s.
I was 8 when this was made and my mother was in Data processing. I remember the punch card machines and the large magnetic disc's. The dot matrix printers and green bar paper.
But what is punch card what does it store and was there İnternet in thoese days?
My dad would bring home the printer paper and we would draw for hours (blank side). Never did figure a use of the green lined sides.
This show has the real story that pertained to me when I learned keypunch keyboarding at my first job and taught by Jerry Lewis in 1972. In 2024, I still have my modern-day typewriting skill called "keyboarding," under my belt. I still prefer using the microcomputer, color laser printer, even the laminated label tape printer, better than working the old-fashioned way.
So much time spent on such limited technology. They certainly thought this was cutting edge, stunning how far we have come.
Steven, that was cutting edge technology, very expensive, but it eventually led to the smartphone, science fiction in 1972, what will it look like in 2050?
@@nickv1008
Probably biological immortality before the end of the century.
@@gregorymalchuk272 they will have flying cars before they get that technology.
@@nickv1008
We already have drugs that can extend the lives of rats, mice, and dogs by 30% to 50%. We now have supercomputers analyzing genes, proteins, and drugs for their properties and potential. The future is honestly breathtaking, if the West doesn't implode in the next few decades.
In 2055 I'll be shopping for my android robot body who will be freeing me for a lifespan of 9000 years. Thanks science
That IBM selectric typewriter was a good machine. I wished I had one. We had them in high school. And its 2020 and I think our city still uses these same computers. 😆
From a small plaque I had on my cube wall: "The best system analysts know that sometimes the right solution is just a box of 3 by 5 cards."
In this data processing centers-see equipment that are antiques today.And with those early moving devices-operators wearing neckties and strings on their shirt sleeves!!No more machines like those today!
UA-cam has made some big changes: you can't see where commercials are queued up in a video, and it stops reminding you (after a certain point) that you have already seen a video. I know I saw this probably earlier this year.
I'm "generation Jones" and my older sis is a true Boomer (trust me, she got more for just showing up than I could dream of getting by working very hard, I tried) and she had keypunch work while in high school. It must have been fun, at least compared to foraging and fishing for food for myself and the younger ones as I did.
My mother had one of the earliest internet connections ...email only, maybe? as I remember...she was ecstatic over receiving her first email response.
I was 16. It was 1989 or so? I told her it will never go anywhere. Lol
I would get mad cause the phone would be in use for hours. Sitting on that modem...mocking me
Yep 300-1200 baud modems were a thing. Dial-up bulletin board systems, and dial-ins to company computers etc. We had an internal email system in that era, in the company I worked for.
@@alexcarter8807 yes sir...my sister says it was late in 88 that we got our first in home connections.
I was too busy with pot and girls.
I do remember my dad coming home with a 286..then if im correct in recollection. ...a 386dx.
My mom was ecstatic.
Anyone knows a good source of blank cards. Still have a IBM 1401 for payroll etc and boss refuses to upgrade, says more secure and no ransomware risk.
Startling how quickly progress moves. The invisible hand of the free market is amazing.
Free market? It was a race "to the moon" for rockets to take atomic bombs where airplanes couldn't. Military induced progress.
@@nickv1008 No. Yes, that happened. But that is not what this film was about, and had almost zero to do with commercial data processing. There were two sides to the computer business in those days: the military/government side and the commercial side. Most computer companies had both, but the were in separate buildings, and those often in separate states, and there was almost zero influence or transfer from the military side to the commercial. side. On the other hand, the commercial side, which was driven by business, banking, and commerce in general, transferred quite a lot to the military side. This was done by the military side engineers seeing what the people on the commercial side did, taking it, and making modifications for their own use. They did this in their own buildings, and usually didn't tell the commercial side what they had done, because the military stuff was classified or secret, and the commercial stuff wasn't.
The commercial side of DP, which is what this film was about, was in fact driven by free market influences. On the side of the computer companies, they wanted to make a buck. The way they could do that was by making something that people (companies) would want to buy, and then selling it to them. In those days the customers also had a huge influence on the computer companies. They would say "I have this problem and need a solution", and the computer company, hoping to make (a lot of) bucks, would throw an engineering team at coming up with a solution. Sometimes they sold that solution to the customer. Sometimes the customer went somewhere else for a better or different solution. But then the technology had been developed, so the first company sold it to someone else with a similar problem.
Höllerith than IBM
Ok boomer
Jk