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| From | scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Remington Rand punched card |
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| References | <7a1941f4-f27d-4a14-b502-5ba9e6aac0c3@googlegroups.com> <qsc2nq18b0@news2.newsguy.com> <88e60337-56d9-4503-bfa8-22acce69d6be@googlegroups.com> |
| Message-ID | <J6aHF.22189$ej.7128@fx18.iad> (permalink) |
| Organization | UsenetServer - www.usenetserver.com |
| Date | 2019-12-08 17:08 +0000 |
hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com writes: >On Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 6:10:17 PM UTC-5, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> If you zoom in on the second one you can see the same 90-column >> cards that I played with a bit in the late '60s. The cards are >> the same dimensions as IBM's 80-column cards, and have the same >> 12 rows, but the 45 columns are divided into upper and lower tiers - >> perfect for 6-bit codes. > >IBM cards used to have round holes and 45 columns. But then >around 1930 IBM developed the rectangular 80 column format. >Univac kept the round holes, but went to a 90 column format. I've got some blank Burroughs 90-column cards here in my hand. Although I never saw any 90-column gear during my years with Burroughs/Unisys, even after the acquisition of Sperry/Univac.
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Remington Rand punched card hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2019-12-05 12:29 -0800
Re: Remington Rand punched card Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2019-12-05 23:09 +0000
Re: Remington Rand punched card hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2019-12-06 13:30 -0800
Re: Remington Rand punched card Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2019-12-06 13:45 -0800
Re: Remington Rand punched card Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2019-12-06 13:49 -0800
Re: Remington Rand punched card hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2019-12-06 14:27 -0800
Re: Remington Rand punched card Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2019-12-06 19:20 -0800
Re: Remington Rand punched card Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2019-12-06 13:46 -0800
Re: Remington Rand punched card scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-08 17:08 +0000
Re: Remington Rand punched card Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2019-12-08 18:59 +0000
Re: Remington Rand punched card Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2019-12-08 20:57 -0800
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