Re: Manager decrees "his" data warehouse design. Help!

wisernet100_at_yahoo.com wrote:

>I had a teacher in college who could program the machine by flipping
>the switches on the front.
>
that's how you IPLed the 360 and 1440 series.

>
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>We had paper tape, a step up from the plugs :)
>
IBM 403 Accounting Machine. lots and lots of room for plugs, and lots of scratches on your hands from trying to get the damn things in and out of the board.;-)

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