Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

[Captain Chaos]

If I recall correctly, all of our code basically was aiming for some kind of printout... (there was no other output available to us!)
If we embedded some 'debug' printing every few lines, we could see where the program left off (or alternately, went into an accidental loop...) I think that if we were optimisitic and didn't have it printing something every few lines, the only clue we got was "something went wrong - no printout FOR YOU"... Our class batch was once a week for a semester and I remember carting around some pretty hefty card stacks (one line of code per card, barring some fancy card-spanning stuff) but for the life of me I cannot remember what any of those programs were supposed to do. And 45 years of coding on and off have Invalid Link Removed anyway !

I wish there were more videos explaining how it went from using those cards to having an interface.

 

[roccobass]

Wow! $5-$20 extra!
Those were the days!

 

[GonePlaid]

Wow! $5-$20 extra!
Those were the days!

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At the time of those ads, that woulda been a decent chunk of change.

 

[Richland123]

Gibson Thor Guitar Amp

 

[GonePlaid]

Gibson Thor Guitar Amp

There was also a bass version. now which way to the arena?

 

[SubHuman]

1956 Packard Four Hundred Hardtop Coupe

 

[Richland123]

Audition Guitar Amp by Teisco

 

[roccobass]

 

[GonePlaid]

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Yeah, those look safe.

 

[tangentmusic]

I think Mr Bubble is still around but not these funny commercials

 

[roccobass]

 

[roccobass]

1970 Schwinn Sting Ray

 

[GonePlaid]

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They may not be worth a whole lot more than $.46 these days.

 

[tangentmusic]

1970 Schwinn Sting Ray

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Remember getting these extensions and creating a “chopper” out of your Sting Ray?

 

[Frosteeman]

1970 Schwinn Sting Ray

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My dad had one of these when he was a kid:

 

[James Flowers]

At the time of those ads, that woulda been a decent chunk of change.

Had a relative who was a door to door suit salesmen. When he retired, his wife took the wool samples from his catalog and made a quilt out of them. I inherited the quilt.

 

[bassdude51]

Products without bar codes.

 

[GonePlaid]

Products without bar codes.

I had a coupon that didn't have a bar code. The cashier had to manually enter it.

 

[roccobass]

 

[Richland123]

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I have a Skittle Bowl game just like that here from when I was a kid. I will take offers for it.