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   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 3/5/2025 7:26 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   > I can not read punched cards.   
   >   
   > The lab at uni used them just the year before me. I never had to use cards   
   or punched paper tape.   
   >   
   > :-D   
   >   
   > The trouble was, there were not enough terminals for all the students. I   
   tried going somewhere where you could rent a computer by the hour. Finally I   
   decided I needed a computer of my own, a PC clone. I was fortunate to have a   
   family that could afford    
   it.   
   >   
      
   My hobby was self-financed as a student,   
   so everything had to be "cheep! cheep! cheep!" :-)   
      
   Real computers had to wait until I had a job.   
      
      Paul   
      
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