barebones/build a box systems

[john.abreau-3flU0AWMlV4AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (John Abreau)]

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:18:40 -0400
> "Boland, John" <jboland-kYvJ4k0XgburIcfx335RAVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> was that a slip-stick or circular?
>>
>> i used a circular for a while in high school and then along came
>> computers....
>> i carried two boxes of computer cards (sherman, set the wayback machine
>> for 1971.) just in case i got out of other classes early and could run
>> down to the computer room and get a "run" in.
>>     
>
> I certainly used a slide rule in high-school and college (and in
> aviation we also have a "computer" which is a circular slide rule. I
> also have an abacus for when the lights go out. But, when I started
> computing, we used cards. 
>   
Would those be Bicycle Cards or Tarot Cards?  :-)

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