> On Sep 9, 2024, at 8:08 AM, cctalk--- via cctalk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Was updating my punch card database/site, www.ibmjunkman.com, and found
> something I don’t remember.
>
> The 026/029/129 keypunch units printed above row 12 using a dot matrix style
> character. I still marvel at the plate and the whole mechanism that did the
> printing. The 557 Interpreter could print on different rows using a solid
> type slug to print.
Is that what produced card 8 in your collection? I vaguely remember solid (not
dot matrix) lettering from Burroughs keypunch machines, which I used (briefly)
around 1975.
paul
