Visited good old Miskatonic U (also known as Brooklyn College) today. I needed to beg for a stupid requirement waiver. I hate organized education.
Some professor at the CS department threw out a bunch of old computer books from the departmental library. I picked up some, among them “System/360-370 Assembler Language (DOS)” by Kevin McQuillen. Among other coolness, every chapter in the book was illuminated by a photograph of a programmer or a group of programmers.
See, in 1978 programmers always looked cool.
Even just repairing perforated tape, Tom Jennings’ favorite medium.
Or sitting at a terminal and not even looking at the blinkenlights.