Punch cards were pre-me, but I do remember when someone told me why we code JCL in 80 column data sets (or members). It's just an online punch card, of sorts, right? I remember thinking that was so cool, so I hope it is true. ;-)
Never heard of 96-column cards, though. Just some ignorance on my part with that one. -- All the best, Scott T. Harder On 5/26/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I remember 80-column punch cards. I don't remember the model of the > keypunch machine, but I do remember that it was large, heavy, and > unforgiving. > > > > -- > Jack Hamilton > Management Information & Analysis - Analytic Information Services > Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. > 1950 Franklin Street, Oakland, California 94612 > +1 510 987-1556 (KP tieline 8-427-1556) > > NOTE: This email document and attachments are covered by CA Evidence Code > §1157 and CA Health and Safety Code §1370. > > NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this > e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or > disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently > delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or > saving them. Thank you. > > > > > Rick Fochtman <[email protected]> > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > 05/26/2009 09:18 AM > Please respond to > IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > To > [email protected] > cc > > Subject > Re: [IBM-MAIN] Book on Poughkeepsie > > > > > > ----------------------------------<snip>------------------------------------ > A while back I posted something on punched cards here and got a private > email "what does punched cards have to do the the mainframe?" so I'm > half expecting a "what does Poughkeepsie NY have to do with the > mainframe?". > ------------------------------------<unsnip>---------------------------------- > Consider, if you will, the sweet innocence of childhood. ;-) How many of > us remember the days of punched cards, either 80-column or 96-column? Or > the 1442 "Multifunction Card Machine", also known as "Mother Fletcher's > Card Mulcher"? Or the venerable 2540? or the 2501 Optical Card Reader? > Or the 3505/3525? > > -- > Rick > -- > Remember that if you?re not the lead dog, the view never changes. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
