I graduated from Florida Atlantic University back around 79. As accounting major I had to take at least one computer programming course in basic.
Our computer room had dumb terminals with paper, not even a video monitor.
One night I was trying to get a small program right and was having no luck. I got frustrated and typed in the word "dumb". The computer read it as dump and started printing out tons of paper at the terminal I was working at. The computer room monitor had to run over and turn off my terminal.
I gave up on my little program and left it for another night.
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College story
Date: 2008-01-10 09:21 pm (UTC)Our computer room had dumb terminals with paper, not even a video monitor.
One night I was trying to get a small program right and was having no luck. I got frustrated and typed in the word "dumb". The computer read it as dump and started printing out tons of paper at the terminal I was working at. The computer room monitor had to run over and turn off my terminal.
I gave up on my little program and left it for another night.
KG