VBG. Too funny. I've heard many stories about card decks being dropped every which-way, but what did you have to do when that happened? Were they numbered or denoted in some way where you could put the deck back together? Must have been, but what a job; like trying to find a mis-filed tape. ;-) And, I would think that everything else came to a halt while the deck was re-ordered.
-- All the best, Scott T. Harder On 5/27/09, Patrick O'Keefe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:49 -0400, Scott T. Harder > <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
