This week we continue my nostalgic look back at my college days specifically my second semester at IUPUI and my first-ever programming class.

Links of Interest

IUPUI website: https://www.iupui.edu/

Demonstration of a 2-5 Chinese Abacus: https://youtu.be/PbGft644WUE?si=HIjzXcdWnPPW1rRS

More about types of abacus than you ever wanted to know: https://youtu.be/DSrAvn_znlc?si=-Ksn82F_orOGcpVW

Bowmar Brain Calculator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator#Development_of_electronic_calculators:~:text=901B%20(popularly%20termed-,The%20Bowmar%20Brain,-)%2C%20measuring%205.2%20by

Slide rules on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule

Addiator Mechanical calculator: https://youtu.be/ryST18JJ7VU?si=kSUE-Y4oTgHg3kUV

Another Addiator video: https://youtu.be/cT8fSGHHiAs?si=aBR7YCFamWqs6ImD

DigiComp demonstration: https://youtu.be/chrURgrkd44?si=U28LSayBdXEqFlEF

IBM System/360 Model 44: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360_Model_44

IBM punch cards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card

Herman Hollerith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith

Keypunch machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch

FORTRAN programming language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran

Karnaugh map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnaugh_map

IBM 1620: https://t-lcarchive.org/ibm-1620/

Binary Coded Decimal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-coded_decimal

Line Printer art Mona Lisa: https://www.gloveboxoptions.com/shopping/impact-printer-products-ascii-art#ascii-art-product-AART112

ASCII art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art

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