On Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:49 -0400, Scott T. Harder <scottyt.har...@gmail.com> wrote:
>... >Never heard of 96-column cards, though. Just some ignorance on my >part with that one. >... The "96-column" card was really 3 tiers of 32 columns. 6 bits per logical column. It was small (3-1/4 inch wide by 2-5/8 inch high) with small round holes.) It was used on the S/3. I'm not sure it was used by anything else. The small card size had both advantages and disadvantages. Large decks were light so people tended to pick up decks that were too large. If you tried picking up a deck that was much longer that the card's width you were left holding the first and last card with the rest of the deck sprayed across the room. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
