Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Hmmmmm... punchcards... stacks of 'em.

Yes, I guess I am that old. grin
LOL.. I'm on the cusp. My brother who was 2 years older than me took his first programming class in Fortran his freshman year of H.S. on a mainframe using punch cards.

Two years later when I was a freshman the school had a classroom full off Apple 2's (one of the first schools with 'home' computers) and all freshman took a one a week class where we were being taught a bit of Basic by the old typing teacher. Two classmates & I who could have taught the class better than the teacher, were allowed to goof off (work on independent projects) together in the back of class.