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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2018 13:13:21 GMT -5
I worked with punch cards in my first professional job, in 1978. Before long I learned to read the holes so I didn't need the printed characters at the top. When the company upgraded from an IBM 360 model 65 mainframe to a 370 model 158, punch cards were replaced by a key-to-disc system - input was still based on an 80-column card image but they were electronic rather than paper. Around the same time my company also introduced a minicomputer version of their product (a minicomputer back then meant it was only as big as a full-size refrigerator). The minicomputer's software was not based on the 80-column card image, which seemed like a great leap forward. Thanks for sharing this ... appreciate it very much! |
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 18, 2018 12:31:27 GMT -5
PS. I recently asked my younger colleagues here at the data processing company where I work if they knew the phrase "do not bend, fold, spindle or mutilate", which was printed on a lot of punch cards. They didn't recognize it, and after I told them what it was, most of them had never seen a punch card.
They also didn't recognize "close cover before striking", which apparently isn't printed on matchbooks anymore since the strike strip was moved to the back.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 14:16:40 GMT -5
PS. I recently asked my younger colleagues here at the data processing company where I work if they knew the phrase "do not bend, fold, spindle or mutilate", which was printed on a lot of punch cards. They didn't recognize it, and after I told them what it was, most of them had never seen a punch card. They also didn't recognize "close cover before striking", which apparently isn't printed on matchbooks anymore since the strike strip was moved to the back. I've seen punch cards with that statement "do not bend, fold, spindle or mutilate" printed on the bottom of all cards to keep the cards in pristine conditions. I totally forgot about that -- thanks for the post! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 14:54:52 GMT -5
Misc Superman Stuff from the Past Superman watches, 1950s ad  Superman newspaper strip ad, January 16, 1939  Superman and Batman AM radios, 1978  SupermanFan.Net » Blog Archive » Watch Superman on Television (1966)
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 23, 2018 9:15:49 GMT -5
Yay, WROC from Rochester, NY is listed in that TV show ad.
What is up with that St. Louis newspaper ad for superman? Did they now know what Superman looks like?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2018 10:40:05 GMT -5
Yay, WROC from Rochester, NY is listed in that TV show ad. What is up with that St. Louis newspaper ad for superman? Did they now know what Superman looks like? Good point ... about the looks of Superman. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2018 11:01:27 GMT -5
Huffy-Radiobike This is totally new to me, and any of the members here -- ever seen one of these bikes. I've haven't and ... I've seen hundreds of them in my lifetime and not one of them had a radio in them.  The picture of the $79.99 bike was the last bike that I ever had and I sold it a year later and haven't ridden a bike since 1979 ... year out of high school.  For fun...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2018 4:41:44 GMT -5
1970s portrait of Superman by Joe Shuster Cool Internet Find.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2018 10:29:56 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 24, 2018 11:59:36 GMT -5
A bike with a radio? That's awesome!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 24, 2018 12:35:06 GMT -5
A bike with a radio? That's awesome! I had a radio that attached to my bike's handle-bars when I was a kid. I'm sure my Mom got it from the Sears catalog. It may or may not have been this one...but it was similar.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2018 11:03:11 GMT -5
Kirk Gibson   Kirk Gibson’s home run in the 1988 World Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Gibson, pinch hitting for the Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth, with injuries to both legs, hit a two-run walk-off home run off the Oakland Athletics’ Dennis Eckersley that won Game 1 for the Dodgers by a score of 5–4. The Dodgers were considered to be massive underdogs to the powerful A’s in the World Series. “Gibby”, who was not expected to play due to injuries in both legs sustained during the NLCS, was surprisingly inserted by manager Tommy Lasorda as a pinch hitter with the Dodgers trailing 4–3 with two outs and the tying run at first base in the bottom of the ninth inning. Gibson’s home run—his only plate appearance of the series—helped the Dodgers defeat the A’s, 4 games to 1, securing their sixth World Series title. The play has since become legendary in the baseball world, and is regarded as one of the greatest home runs of all time. It was voted the "greatest moment in L.A. sports history” in a 1995 poll. Many of the images associated with the homer, particularly Gibson pumping his fist while circling the bases, are often shown in classic highlight reels, usually accompanied by announcer Vin Scully’s commentary. Though not related to his World Series home run, Gibson would be named the 1988 NL MVP. He was named to 2 All-Star teams (1985 AL & 1988 NL), but declined both invitations.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2018 11:10:16 GMT -5
Maury Wills In this 1962 photo, Maury Wills of Los Angeles sits in front of a pile of 104 bases, representing all that he stole that season, breaking Ty Cobb’s 47-year-old record. He was only caught stealing 13 times, hit .299, led the league in triples, and was named the NL MVP for the 1962 season. He led the league in steals every year from 1960-1965 and was a key contributor to the Dodgers’ World Series championships of 1963 and 1965. He ended up a five-time all-star and twice was a Gold Glove winner. He still holds the MLB record for most games played in a single season - 165. Personal Note: My brother told me about this around 1970 and I just couldn't believe it ... but he was a great Dodgers and one of my favorite players.  Houston Colt 45′s vs Los Angeles Dodgers baseball program, 1964. The next year Houston would change their team name to the Astros. Personal Note: I learned something new today. I've thought it was the Houston Astros all along; but they called them Colt 45's prior to 1965. Interesting.
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 1, 2018 13:10:46 GMT -5
I remember the Houston Colt .45s. They changed the name because some powerful Texas politicians got NASA to put the space flight control center in Houston. They built a new stadium, one of the first big domed stadiums, and named it the Astrodome, and the artificial turf on the ground was named Astroturf. I guess that sounded better than "Coltdome" and "Coltturf".
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 9:22:05 GMT -5
Because of my Club that I run, we gone through a major change, and with Halloween right around the corner and with the Holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) ... I'm not going to post anything on this thread until 2019.
I'm sticking to this decision and decided this is the best way to handle it. Sorry Members.
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