Think Yourself Lucky......i did the first ever computer studies O level in 1976......
we had a teletype in a small cupboard under the stairs with 15 minutes access per person every six weeks. Results printed on ticker tape, no VDU display.The rest of the time programs were punched on cards, each command on a separate card, ensure they are in correct order. Then elastic banded, given to teachers then posted to city college & run. A computer prinout on green & white striped computer paper was received 3 weeks later. The programming languages were Basic & Cobol, now defunct.
Posted By: fareastcanary on October 20th 2005 at 13:11:15
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- IM BORED!! (General Chat) - Southern_canary, Oct 20, 11:49:39
- Go and bully someone. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 20, 12:17:08
- At least you have access to the internet... (General Chat) - Ben, Oct 20, 11:58:58
- When I did Computer Studies (IT as a course hadn't started) we used new fangled BBC Micros (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Oct 20, 12:02:21
- Think Yourself Lucky......i did the first ever computer studies O level in 1976...... (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Oct 20, 13:11:15
- Ha, Ha... (General Chat) - Ben, Oct 20, 12:08:23
- LOGO (programming language) innit (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 20, 12:17:28
- This was high school - and then not until the first of the two O level years. (General Chat) - Arganth, Oct 20, 12:14:09
- I had a BBc (General Chat) - Small, Oct 20, 12:13:34
- But Elite was the mutt's nuts (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 20, 12:17:55
- Indeed. There's a new online MMORPG coming out which is pretty much Elite in Space. (General Chat) - Arganth, Oct 20, 12:21:28
- But Elite was in space and WTF is a MMORPG ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 20, 12:28:45
- Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (General Chat) - Arganth, Oct 20, 12:35:14
- But Elite was in space and WTF is a MMORPG ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 20, 12:28:45
- Indeed. There's a new online MMORPG coming out which is pretty much Elite in Space. (General Chat) - Arganth, Oct 20, 12:21:28
- But Elite was the mutt's nuts (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 20, 12:17:55
- When I did Computer Studies (IT as a course hadn't started) we used new fangled BBC Micros (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Oct 20, 12:02:21
- shout bogies (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 20, 11:50:41
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