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I started my computing life as a mainframe operator on one of the Leo Computers Society. Leo 3 photos[^] (first four pictures, second row). I learned programming in machine code and had to key in the instructions one by one on the mainframe's front panel. That was an invaluable lesson in the internals of computers, some of which I can still remember. I also learned to program on the ICT 1004 which used a removable plugboard as the program. Again an invaluable lesson in logic. It seems that many new developers these days are missing that essential knowledge and start by writing (or copying) code without much understanding of what goes on underneath.
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