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echo: os2prog
to: David Noon
from: Gary George
date: 1996-08-18 19:59:36
subject: PL/I for OS/2

Hi David!

DN>                        I'm afraid I had to type the source
DN> code into Tritus SPF or LPEX. Some of the ink on the top of
DN> some of the cards had smudged or faded, so I had to read the
DN> punched holes myself on those cards. 

Now that's signing yourself as a -real- mainframe hacker!  Tell me, did you
remember the codes unaided, or did you use a Quick Reference? And if you
used a Quick Reference, what COLOUR was it?

                          Gary

P.S. The only thing I ever hated more than punch cards was paper tape.

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