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Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)?

From	Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)?
Date	2016-04-15 10:39 -0700
Organization	Wheeler&Wheeler
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Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> writes:
> Nobody ever took advantage of the IBM principle of moving the letters
> sideways to allow a line printer to print with proportional spacing. I
> find that a pity.

past posts mentioning 1403 train for printing logic diagrams, letters
sideways and RPQ to print across page performation. sideways printing
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2005k.html#59 Book on computer architecture for beginners
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2005l.html#0 Book on computer architecture for beginners
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2012j.html#82 printer history Languages influenced by PL/1

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Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-04-15 07:09 -0700
  Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-04-15 17:20 +0000
    Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-04-15 19:03 +0000
    Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-15 15:24 -0400
    Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-04-17 10:44 -0400
      Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2016-04-17 17:57 +0100
  Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-04-15 10:39 -0700

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