CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 years ago[META] What are the demographics of this community?message-squaremessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squaredavefischer@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoNo, except for software that represented data in virtual punched cards under the covers, for communicating with remote systems. (None of which used punched cards anymore.)
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoHah, xnec2c for GUI antenna simulation still expects you to make virtual punch cards. “If it’s not broken”, I guess…
minus-squaredavefischer@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoHeh. Presumably there’s some very old FORTRAN in there somewhere?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIt’s an old FORTRAN program with a graphical interface kludged overtop, I think.
No, except for software that represented data in virtual punched cards under the covers, for communicating with remote systems. (None of which used punched cards anymore.)
Hah, xnec2c for GUI antenna simulation still expects you to make virtual punch cards. “If it’s not broken”, I guess…
Heh. Presumably there’s some very old FORTRAN in there somewhere?
It’s an old FORTRAN program with a graphical interface kludged overtop, I think.