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What Things That We Used To Have In The Past Have Gone Completely
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like Telegrams, VHS systems and Betamax Blockbuster shops , Dewhurst Butchers who had over 1000 shops at one time.
Then in today's world what will disappear in the next decade like M & S Debenhams , Fenwick etc
Then in today's world what will disappear in the next decade like M & S Debenhams , Fenwick etc
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Punched tape in those days, Bhg481? I'm surprised because that's what we moved onto, after punched cards. in the early 1970s.
I'd type out my program onto tape and then have to wait until 7pm. That's because we could only use the Polytechnic's computer at off-peak times. I'd then have to phone the Poly and, if someone answered (which was far from being a certainty), persuade them to put their telephone handset into the special holder at their end, switching on the computer's input system as they did so. I'd then put my handset into the holder at my end of the line and run the tape.
I'd type out my program onto tape and then have to wait until 7pm. That's because we could only use the Polytechnic's computer at off-peak times. I'd then have to phone the Poly and, if someone answered (which was far from being a certainty), persuade them to put their telephone handset into the special holder at their end, switching on the computer's input system as they did so. I'd then put my handset into the holder at my end of the line and run the tape.
>>> Are there any shops that still sell typewriter ribbons or record player styluses (styli?)?
Cloverjo seems not to have noticed the recent resurgence in vinyl, with some artists only releasing certain albums on vinyl discs. It's not just a specialist thing. Even the big supermarkets, such as Asda, sell vinyl records nowadays.
Ryman still sells typewriter ribbons:
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Cloverjo seems not to have noticed the recent resurgence in vinyl, with some artists only releasing certain albums on vinyl discs. It's not just a specialist thing. Even the big supermarkets, such as Asda, sell vinyl records nowadays.
Ryman still sells typewriter ribbons:
https:/
I thought punched tape was replaced with punched cards - tape is very fragile and not easy to edit; punched cards are much more robust (unless you drop the deck) and much easier to change a single line. When I changed jobs in 1968 I moved from paper tape to punched cards on both the computers we had (Atlas II and IBM Stretch). Punched cards lasted for many years, certainly into the 80s, although I moved on to electronic input before then with a home-grown file server system. I still have some punch cards - ideal for shopping lists etc as they fit nicely into a pocket.
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nope alive and well on certain threads
you might have missed 3T's efforts
but.... you havent missed much
bofe punched cards and punched tapes were used in arlington and bletchley park 1943-5
and punched cards were used in hollerith machines ( who I thought held the patent) in the 1890s - clearly not for programming - but in the days when computers were people who did the tabulation, and not thangs
nope alive and well on certain threads
you might have missed 3T's efforts
but.... you havent missed much
bofe punched cards and punched tapes were used in arlington and bletchley park 1943-5
and punched cards were used in hollerith machines ( who I thought held the patent) in the 1890s - clearly not for programming - but in the days when computers were people who did the tabulation, and not thangs
