GIYF or duck duck go or whatever your search engine of choice.  Not only is 
greenbar paper still available (Staples, anyone?) but you can even still get it 
in carbon paper (shudder).  

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bob 
Bridges
Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 12:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Do they still make greenbar paper these days?

I had occasion a few minutes ago to note to myself, in a non-computer context, 
that twice 66 is 132.  "How" (an imaginary grandchild asked in my
head) "did you know that so fast?"  The answer, of course, is that if a 
computer programmer is old enough he knows 132 characters is the usual width of 
the old greenbar paper, and 66 is half of that.

But it led me to wonder.  Punch cards are now an expensive antique.  Do they 
even make greenbar paper any more?  Does anyone know?  Just curious.

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Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313

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