McBee? Like these? https://www.punchcardarchive.com/Cards/default.aspx?Holder=5351&Img=1
https://www.punchcardarchive.com/Cards/default.aspx?Holder=6286&Img=1 https://www.punchcardarchive.com/Cards/default.aspx?Holder=6206&Img=1 -----Original Message----- From: Fred Cisin via cctalk <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 2:54 PM To: paul.kimpel--- via cctalk <[email protected]> Cc: Fred Cisin <[email protected]> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Friden edge punched cards On Wed, 5 Nov 2025, paul.kimpel--- via cctalk wrote: > I think edge-punched cards were primarily used for transaction and account > data storage with electronic accounting machines during the period when small > and medium size organizations were transitioning from completely manual > accounting and record-keeping systems to computerized ones. They were > essentially a variation on things like mag-stripe ledger cards used with the > Burroughs Sensitronic and E-series accounting machines. I remember seeing the > edge-punch card equipment attached to a Burroughs TC-series machine in the > early 1970s. Royal McBee? used to have an edge punch card system, larger cards. In my high school, they had a bunch of large edge punch cards to "help" us pick colleges. Poke multiple needles through the holes, and the ones that were edge punched in those columns would fall out. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred [email protected]
