In article <1994Nov11.131032.33715@miavx1>,
[log in to unmask] (Kent Covert) wrote:
:In article <1994Nov11.112815.33709@miavx1>, [log in to unmask]
(Aaron Porter) writes:
:> Ruth Ann ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
:> : As of November 26, 1994, MCIS will no longer be able to handle
:> : computer cards.  If you have cards, they need to be copied to
:> : disk before this date.  After this date you will have to go to an
:> : outside vendor for this service.
 
...
:>      Computer cards?   Eesh.  Welcome to the real world...  Although,
:> I do have a tickertape HP back home...   Does anyone actually use this
:> computer card service?
:
:You'd be surprised at the number.  Every once in a while, a professor will
:bring a card deck to be read.  It's scary.
:
 
Scary isn't the word for it.  Even the US Army quit using cards a few years
back.  And, I've always considered them behind the times in computer
technology (for admin purposes, at least).
 
John
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