On that same note, do you know how he was buried when he died?
FACE DOWN, NINE EDGE FIRST! REMEMBER IF YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD IT HERE
FIRST.
"Art Randall (retired IBM Marketing Rep)"
Art, a long-time family friend, has a history pre-dating the introduction of
the IBM 360 series. He was working as an IBM salesman for the Greater
Orange County Territory, California when the 360 was announced in 1964. He
is the proud owner of a working IBM 129 Data Recorder (photo available on
request).
If any of y'all greybeards remember Art, I can provide contact information.
"Bubblehead Sub Sailors" most likely know his name.
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Subject: Hollerith anniversary
According to Wikipedia's "On this day...", Herman Hollerith received a
patent for his punch card calculator on this day (8 June) in 1887. Go,
Herman!!
I still have a handful of blank cards that I liberated from a service
bureau
ca. 1985. I use them sometimes to write notes to myself (without
punching
them, though). They fix perfectly in my shirt pocket.
Bill Fairchild
Plainfield, IL
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