Slippery Slope

[chazglenn3]

Another welcome from the Pacific Northwet!

 

[waynevb]

Clearly, people offended by all caps were never mainframe programmers

Yes.

MOVE ATTITUDE TO CHILL.

 

[Bounce]

Actually... not a programmer but an operator of the time (IBM 1401, 360/65, 360/70 and even a Vax 11/780 in the mix). But we move on and use the shift keys we now have available.

Pascal and C cured me of all caps.

 

[Niloc]

IEFBR14

 

[Halr]

Clearly, people offended by all caps were never mainframe programmers

LOL! Not many of us left! My COBOL days are well behind me!

 

[Oldjeep]

LOL! Not many of us left! My COBOL days are well behind me!

Mine too - sorta. Seems like I am still occasionally migrating old stuff.

 

[nimnifnof]

I prefer all caps as my hearing isn't what it used to be.

 

[keithq]

Hey gang! I’m in it now. Just brought home my 2015 FJR1300ES. Look forward to learning a lot here!

Post some pics, and welcome to the club, so to speak!
--
Keith Q
(temporarily chilly) North Texas
2019 FJR1300A

 

[Bounce]

LOL! Not many of us left! My COBOL days are well behind me!

As a test, I duplicated a project we were doing in COBOL using FORTRAN. Even with it's "poorer" text manipulation, the FORTRAN program was about 2" of keypunch cards while the COBOL one took a whole box. It's setting up all those preparatory hoo haws and it's verbosity (so the boss could think he understood programming).

Now parse all of THAT and tell me how old I really am! LOL

Actually there werer VT100s available to students but they would be stacked 5 deep when project deadlines approached. I had access to a keypunch machine at work and during lunch would TCB. I could go into the lab, submit my card box, go over and sit reading a novel, and the operators would put my results in the window when done. My routine never changed because I was the only one still doing cards.

 

[MSP1967]

Post some pics, and welcome to the club, so to speak!
--
Keith Q
(temporarily chilly) North Texas
2019 FJR1300A

Hi Keith!

Finally a nice day to get out for a bit. Here’s a couple of pics. Love the smuggler courtesy of Danh650!

 

[keithq]

Hi Keith!

Finally a nice day to get out for a bit. Here’s a couple of pics. Love the smuggler courtesy of Danh650!

Best color of course and everyone knows grey is fastest. But that is one giant windshield!!

 

[Ridelikethewind]

Best color of course and everyone knows grey is fastest. But that is one giant windshield!!

The better to keep you warm in the chilly days!

 

[MSP1967]

Best color of course and everyone knows grey is fastest. But that is one giant windshield!!

She’s sneaky fast! That’s actually a stock windshield. Just adjusted all the way up for the chilly day.

 

[keithq]

Wow, it must be like how they filmed Lord of the Rings for the Hobbits, but in reverse, using forced perspective!

 

[Cycle]

She’s sneaky fast! That’s actually a stock windshield. Just adjusted all the way up for the chilly day.

That seems to make practical sense. Nice looking ride.

 

[andrew_boardman]

Hi Keith!

Finally a nice day to get out for a bit. Here’s a couple of pics. Love the smuggler courtesy of Danh650!

very clean looking machine!