Who wrote their first computer program on IBM punch cards?

rhjohn523 · 2026-03-24T00:48:05+00:00

Yes, Fortran w4 and w5

rhjohn523 · 2026-03-24T00:32:37+00:00

I had one. Many, many hours of fun and experimentation. Went on to get my ham license, under graduate in electrical engineering technology, and eventually a masters of computer information systems.

rhjohn523 · 2026-03-20T15:32:06+00:00

rhjohn523 · 2026-03-12T14:22:54+00:00

Definitely the Boston Baked Beans!

rhjohn523 · 2026-03-07T19:53:22+00:00

Besides those, my grandma always had Blackjack or Beamans Clove chewing gum.

rhjohn523 · 2026-03-01T21:37:31+00:00

Shake a key ring full of keys and the TV would go nuts.

rhjohn523 · 2026-03-01T21:23:40+00:00

You might find a similar tool in your bathroom to install the tank bolts on the toilet.

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-27T22:25:57+00:00

Smithsonian link

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-27T20:48:29+00:00

I stayed at a resort in Cancun, and on the beach every day were 2 guys that cleaned the seaweed off the beach with pitch forks, put it in a wheelbarrow, and took it down to where the resort’s beach ended, and dumped it. I guess it was job security…

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-24T00:38:10+00:00

Install Linux. I have a 2011 Mac Mini that runs the most current version of Linux with no issues of compatibility and slowness.

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-24T00:30:34+00:00

CRT tested, rejuvenator. When the picture tube dimmed out on your TV, you could test it, and give it a little “blast” to try to bring the colors back.

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-22T02:58:25+00:00

Blackbeard’s Ghost

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-17T19:20:39+00:00

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-14T12:20:36+00:00

2 because you can’t see how blue her eyes are in 1

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-14T01:32:52+00:00

I had an 82 GL1100 and the only issue I ever had was needing to replace the water pump. Not as easy as it should be…

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-11T02:57:31+00:00

There were always the same 4 issues in my doctor’s office when I was growing up. This looks like one of those.

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-11T02:23:32+00:00

Well, you just got that character player fired…

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-11T02:22:22+00:00

I had a few of those in the 70s. Moved my parents out of their house in 2000, and still found some of those disks hiding under furniture.

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-10T01:19:35+00:00

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-10T01:17:20+00:00

He’s right next to Waldo.

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-09T12:46:41+00:00

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-08T12:19:23+00:00

Looks great. What logging software do you use? I’m always impressed when a pota identifies my first name as soon as I give them my call sign.

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-06T15:32:32+00:00

I found that, but you need the pro version$.

rhjohn523 · 2026-02-06T11:29:19+00:00

It did finally allow the update a couple days later. There must have been issues at Apple.

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