In
<b870629719727b4ba82a6c06a31c291239b4d9a...@hqmailsvr01.voltage.com>,
on 04/01/2013
at 07:47 PM, Phil Smith <[email protected]> said:
>Trivia question: How was the size of the IBM 80-column punch card
>chosen?
I recall reading that the reason for making it the size of a dollar
bill was so that he could use the same envelopes.
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