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Originally Posted by DNSB
Hmmm.... my first computers ran programs loaded from punched tape. I later ran CP/M from dual 8" floppy disks. Fond memories of the joys of saving a couple of bytes so a program would fit into available memory.
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My first programs (QUBAL) were handwritten on coding sheets and we got the printout a week later. No idea if intermediate was paper tape or cards (cards are actually older, but teletypes used tape in 1928). In college you could punch your own cards, if trusted, and beat the backlog of handwritten submissions (Fortran).
I too had 8" drives, but the CP/M was running on a Z80 card with 80 column card on an Apple II. The Apple II was complete waste compared to a more expensive S100 computer, because it cost more in the end to upgrade. The reality distortion around Steve Jobs was strong even then.