perishthethought@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoPunch cards ftwi.imgflip.comimagemessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1605arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1605arrow-down1imagePunch cards ftwi.imgflip.comperishthethought@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
Fun fact I found in a game… Chip Defense (A tower defense game with a microprocessor theme) https://f-droid.org/packages/de.chadenas.cpudefense/
minus-squareaseriesoftubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoIs the 80-character width of early terminals related to the 80-byte capacity of punch cards?
minus-squareIng0R@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoIt absolutely is. A punch card represents a line of text, mostly in a programming language.
Is the 80-character width of early terminals related to the 80-byte capacity of punch cards?
It absolutely is. A punch card represents a line of text, mostly in a programming language.
Good question, I assume not though