chuckcmagee
Veteran Member
See this plug board on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320050090632
In 1967, I spent half my school days learning how to "program" these babies. Yep, you program them by running wires from one hole to another hole. I ended up with a nice certificate that stated I knew how to do it. By the time I got out of college, all the Unit Record (punched cards) stuff was TOTALLY OBSOLETE.
Sure glad I found a IBM 1130 mini computer that was too limited for the grad students to use. I had it all to myself every night. My first 2 jobs were programming a 1130 to do business apps. All that stuff I had done in high school was totally useless.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320050090632
In 1967, I spent half my school days learning how to "program" these babies. Yep, you program them by running wires from one hole to another hole. I ended up with a nice certificate that stated I knew how to do it. By the time I got out of college, all the Unit Record (punched cards) stuff was TOTALLY OBSOLETE.
Sure glad I found a IBM 1130 mini computer that was too limited for the grad students to use. I had it all to myself every night. My first 2 jobs were programming a 1130 to do business apps. All that stuff I had done in high school was totally useless.