Nat, Since I was a member of the US Air Force in 1970, I'm sure that I must have signed something that doesn't allow me to talk about such things. :) ------ On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:30:29 -0400, Nat Wooding <nathani@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

>OK, this is going way off topic but last night I was talking to a high >school classmate who was an artillery officer during his stint in the US >Army back around 1970. He was telling me about a scout vehicle that was >deployed then that had a thermal imaging sight that could be locked on a >target and stayed locked on it while the vehicle moved about -- and the guys >tried very hard to get it to fail and couldn't. You have to wonder what sort >of computer was in use and what it was programmed in . > >Nat > >-----Original Message----- >From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Arthur >Tabachneck >Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:53 PM >To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >Subject: Re: SAS Before SAS Institute > >John, > >A. I'm apparently older than you >B. The same issue at some time had to apply to Fortran (which I had never >even thought about) C. While I have always said that I am not a programmer, >one of my first jobs (while still in high school) was wiring IBM 402 >accounting boards. Tonight, I'm going to have nightmares about trying to >wire a board to run SAS. >Obviously, it's going to have to be a pretty big board. > >Thanks, >Art >------- >On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:38:06 -0400, John Burton <jrburtonsaspro@GMAIL.COM> >wrote: > >>Art, >> >>At that time, I had not yet discovered SAS and was still coding in >>FORTRAN. None the less, I do remember that the FORTRAN did not reside >>on the CPU, but was loaded via tape each time a FORTRAN program was >>executed. >> >>On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Arthur Tabachneck <art297@rogers.com> >wrote: >>> Back to the presentation, what I found most surprising (though it >>> should have been obvious) was that SAS was written on a bunch of punch >cards. >> >> >>-- >>"be seeing you", >>Ray Burton >>Richmond VA