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Originally Posted by ULVideo
Yes they did.
The first computer I programmed on was a Wang (don't remember which model), and then it was on to mainframes ("Fuck... I dropped, my deck"... punchcards sucked big time). First mini was the original IBM PC in ?1982?.
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My memory is about as long as my dick, but '82 is about right. I was putting these "portables" in a chain of convenience stores to connect to a corporate mainframe for ordering, time reporting, etc. We ended up using the "trash" 80's. Programming for that was hell. Imagine hundreds of c-store managers who have never seen a computer trying to enter their crap.
There wasn't a lot of software then, especially for file transfer from PC's to mainframes back then. I found a company in Montreal called Micro-Tempus to do it. If you disassemble some FTP programs now you will still see some of their code and copyright info in there.