We did this in 1976/77 at a manufacturing plant to send the day's production numbers to the main office.
The office manager would punch the tape up and then send it on the teletype. Bobby -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: January 13 1:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Hidden Figures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_tape About 1974-75, I lived with my dad, manager of a Kroger store. At night he would insert various strips of punch film into a reader to report the store's daily transactions. On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> wrote: > There was a recent episode of the new TV series "Timeless" that > involved this era, and in fact had the Katherine G. > Johnson<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson> "character". > In this show she and the main characters fairly easily got themselves > access to the computer room and "fed a virus" in to the mainframe > using paper tape! I'm guessing the TV show was a bit less realistic > than the movie...! :-) > > Frank > [http://www.txfb-ins.com/TFBICImages/email.jpg] J.D. Power Disclaimer<https://www.txfb-ins.com/terms-conditions#disclaimer> CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The foregoing message (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521, and is CONFIDENTIAL. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
