[Elecraft] OT: High school drafting class, ~1975

[Bill Coleman]

When I started Tech in 1979, those drafting courses were no longer required.

And, indeed, they retired the card punches for the FORTRAN courses in 1981-2. I was part of the User Assistance team in the computer center that helped all those EE 1010 students navigate their way to using the interactive terminals….

> On Apr 24, 2021, at 2:55 AM, Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>  In actuality those high school drafting skills prepared me completely for the year of drafting courses that was mandatory at Geogia Tech in 1970.  I'd finish a lab drafting session in less than 45 minutes while my buddies needed the full three hours.  In those pre-calculator pre-computer days the only tools that an undergrad student needed were a good slide rule (mine cost $36 in 1969, about $260 today) and a drafting set.  To use the Univac 1108 campus scientific mainframe for Fortran IV programs, we submitted hollerith cards we punched using IBM 026 and 029 card punches.

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