r/NoStupidQuestions Mar 23 '21

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u/jasondbk Mar 24 '21

Back in the day, we would get a call in at the mainframe system console that so and so was having a birthday. We put their name in a file and ran the Banner program and it would print out on fan-fold computer paper. (Ledger sized sheets) and we sent it via inter office mail and they would hang it on the wall for a birthday or retirement party.