Re: damn ....

2018-02-22 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
t;cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 1:39 AM Subject: damn > https://photos.app.goo.gl/EfDc3rRMfyfTNdgw2 > > From my days at Burroughs writing hardware test programs > > 96 col cards were the standard on the later 1700's > > I had full acc

Re: damn ....

2018-02-22 Thread Pete Lancashire via cctalk
I can be more blunt, it was a total business failure mostly too late by then key to tape or direct entry had started to come into the market and could you imagine going to a place like an insurance company that had whole floors full of card cabinets that only fit only 80 col cords and sell them a

Re: damn ....

2018-02-22 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 02/22/2018 10:39 PM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote: > https://photos.app.goo.gl/EfDc3rRMfyfTNdgw2 > >>From my days at Burroughs writing hardware test programs The IBM 96 column card always seemed to me like a throwback to the Univac 90-column card--multiple rows and round holes--and 6

Re: damn ....

2018-02-22 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
someone needs to make a meme outa that