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"L. D Mouer" <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:51:59 -0400
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On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Robin L Ryder wrote:
 
>
> Righto Dan!  My experience is definitely that electronics don't do well
> onsite.  But then, things have changed since we tried last.  The new
> Newton does sound like a possibility, as long as there's a backup plan for
> when the battries go out.  No one will ever convince me to go back to the
> days of doing data-entry programs in Basic, Fortran or anything
> else that involved using a keypunch machine---have you forgotten all those
> days and days and days keypunching data only to find out that there was a
> wrong keystroke on a card somewhere in the middle of the stack?
>
 
I keep trying to forget. Why do you keep reminding me? You must be getting
old. (Yesterday was Robin's birthday,everyone!!)
 
Gotcha
 
Dan

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