Times Square now seems more like where I saw this card sorter than in a county fair. We probably saw the same card sorter. Perhaps that fortune telling store sold it to IBM's Computer Museum. Or to a marina to be used as a boat anchor.
Bill Fairchild Franklin, TN “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder acceptable, and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind.” [George Orwell] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerhard Postpischil" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 12:39:36 PM Subject: Re: 'Hacking The Mainframe': What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Its Favorite Tech On 4/15/2013 1:01 PM, DASDBILL2 wrote: > I remember once seeing a used card sorter in a side show tent at a country > fair somewhere. I think it was in the tent where you could have your > fortune read or your weight guessed. In the seventies there was a small fortune telling store in Times Square, New York City. It had office furniture, wall posters, and a card sorter. Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, Vermont ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
