tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14547497.post115266738025239804..comments2023-09-23T09:29:35.098-05:00Comments on Dan's Ramblings: Simpler Times? Then or Now?Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05813138322261969254noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14547497.post-1152714986844262362006-07-12T09:36:00.000-05:002006-07-12T09:36:00.000-05:00Great reflection, D. Having a career in the Telop...Great reflection, D. Having a career in the Telops/Data Processing industry was even more exciting. You talked about the computer with 105 meg, I worked on computers that filled up rooms with lot less storage than we have on our desks or "laps" today. Data storage was on punch cards, punch tape, magnetic tape and very large disk drives. I remember key punching the cards from paper documents and then sorting thousands of them that included telephone billing data....and even dropping those large stacks and having to sort sometimes by hand...oh the fun! Long distance calls were recorded on large reels of paper punched tape that was fed into a converter that put the data on mag tape. We used to have races to see who could thread a mag tape onto a drive the fastest. There were plastic rings in the back that would allow or not allow writing to the tape. We would play ring toss with those...oh, I could go on and on. I didn't work the telephone side of the industry so can't comment about the evolution of the phones but know the advances have been as great.<BR/>Thanks for causing me to relect..sorry about the rambling!!<BR/>CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com