[inforoots] Origin of IBM 1130 name

[Chris Gillette]

Try: int(3.14159*360)

I heard this way in the way back (late sixties) when I personally upgraded
from programming Wang 360 desktop calculators to the IBM 1130 at the local
IBM center.  The center had 24x7 staffing but no-one used the computers at
night so I used a connection thru the Boy Scout Explorers to get access.

I programmed in APL, FORTRAN, etc.  Then actually found some work as a teen
working with some FORTRAN business applications supplied for free from IBM's
library of donated programs.
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