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I remember having to write out the coded entries on a form, that then went to the punch card department to punch holes in to the card that then went to the computer department. who fed them into the huge main frame. Then we would wait and wait. Then we would get a huge green and white printout with all the data to check. All very time consuming. When we had to rerun the accounts because of an error it was a huge and time consuming operation. many a late night at year end or month end waiting for the whole process to repeat so we could make deadlines. Now all that is almost instantaneous.</p>
<p>That was in the early 80s. We went off to Egypt for 3 1/2 years and when we moved to the states PCs had become a big thing. I was of the why would I want a PC in my house mentality (I am nota very forward looking person). Hard to imagine life without them now.</p>