Dang, I bet the book on Poughkeepsie didn't spend this much time on the topic of card punches and readers....
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 1:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Book on Poughkeepsie --------------------------------<snip>---------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------<unsnip>--------------------------------- --- I can remember the 026 (BCD only), the 029 (EBCDIC) and the 129 (EBCDIC with memory), but I can't remember the equipment for the 96-column card. -- 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
