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Paper tape.
 
Paper tape is not mass storage! :-)
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==Storage devices==
I did have paper tape. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 18:39, 19 December 2018 (CET)
I did have paper tape. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 18:39, 19 December 2018 (CET)
: Right, but that's not mass storage (which means disk or tapes). None of the ones at Tech Sq had that, or paper tape (although I might be wrong about the latter), although I see online that they did make disks available later - they even had a FORTRAN compiler than ran on them! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 19:28, 19 December 2018 (CET)

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Storage devices

I did have paper tape. Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 18:39, 19 December 2018 (CET)

Right, but that's not mass storage (which means disk or tapes). None of the ones at Tech Sq had that, or paper tape (although I might be wrong about the latter), although I see online that they did make disks available later - they even had a FORTRAN compiler than ran on them! Jnc (talk) 19:28, 19 December 2018 (CET)