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

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On 2016-04-15, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 12:41:46 PM UTC-6, Jim Haynes wrote:
>>
>>> Mention of the 96 column card reminded me of a remark someone made
>>> in Datamation when it was first announced.  Something like "A new
>>> breakthrough in social equality - junk mail for the Polish."
>> 
>> I remember in Datamation a similar comment when someone made a line printer 
>> that could print in Korean - now the Koreans have the delight of getting
>> their utility bills in their own language.
>> 
>> Well, I think that _would_ be very helpful if one wanted to check that
>> one was paying the right amount.
>
> Numbers are the dame in Korean as elsewhere, I think.

I once worked with a Korean fellow who had worked in a shop in Seoul.
They had a special train for their 1403 with which they could print
Korean glyphs.  Apparently it took three passes: one for the top third
of the characters, one for the middle, and one for the bottom.  I can't
read Korean, but ever since then whenever I see some Korean script my
eye divides it into three horizontal bands.

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Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-04-15 07:12 -0700
  Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-15 12:06 -0400
    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)? "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-04-17 02:41 -0500
        Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-04-17 01:10 -0700
        Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? mausg@mail.com - 2016-04-17 10:58 +0000
    Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-04-15 12:38 -0500
      Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-04-17 10:39 -0400
        Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-17 12:09 -0400
          Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-04-17 10:28 -0700
            Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-04-18 03:44 +0000
          Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-04-18 03:27 +0000
        Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? tracymnelson@gmail.com - 2016-04-20 08:53 -0700
    Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-04-15 17:43 -0700
      Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-04-16 13:14 -0700
    Re: IBM's 96 column punch card (was System/3)? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-04-17 10:38 -0400

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