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Originally Posted by Manichean
Wait, what? I didn't get that reference.
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IBM Mainframe, Key Punched cards, Punch card readers with Operators...
Each line of code was on a separate card.
The Job control told the system about what would follow: Program to use... Where to send the output (Punch other cards, line printer:
NB Mainframe jargon, you set your "Punch Device" to a Printer, Tape, Card punch and later on DASD volume, CRT.
There was an "end" card in the deck,
there may have been "data cards"
Been a long time (c 1976)
