Computer Error

**rmccool** · 31st May 12, 11:46 AM

Youngsters? Not moi... Long, long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, I loaded code from paper tape.

**Bill aka Mole** · 3rd June 12, 04:24 PM

Loaded code from paper tape and could likely read keypunch within an hour or so.

Have used One-D-Ten-T error coding for a very long time.

**Really a McQueen** · 3rd June 12, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by rmccool

Youngsters? Not moi... Long, long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, I loaded code from paper tape.

Loading code from paper tape was easy. The hard part was inspecting that tape to make sure all of the chad was out of the way, so that the tape would be correctly read. And if the tape got damaged, ......

**kc8ufv** · 4th June 12, 09:43 AM

The only tape I've ever loaded code from was magnetic.

**sydnie7** · 4th June 12, 10:27 AM

Keypunched COBOL onto cards for a college class. . . when I was three years old, mind you LOL

**grueinthedark** · 7th June 12, 03:25 PM

Sounds like a code 18

The problem is aprox. 18 inches away from the monitor

**Pleater** · 7th June 12, 05:29 PM

Oh yes - paper tape - a whole afternoon's work sent back from the computer room because they had thrown the last paper tape reader away the week before.

I still treasure the looks of utter confusion I caused at a recording session by counting down from ten on four fingers....

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**sydnie7** · 7th June 12, 07:35 PM

Back to the OP, long before computers those of us in the auto industry (or racing of same) would speak of the "loose nut behind the wheel"

**dea3369** · 8th June 12, 07:21 PM

The I D 1 0 T error definitely applies to our long-ago secretary who kept 5.25-inch floppy disks secured to the metal filing cabinet with a magnet.
"Why?" We asked.
"So, they would be within easy reach all the time," she said.

Thus was born the notion of off-site back-ups.