Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread Paul Koning
> On May 26, 2016, at 6:05 PM, Clem Cole wrote: > > > On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Mark Pizzolato > wrote: > I agree. If this whole discussion is about if a simulated card reader device > interface should try to magically

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread Clem Cole
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Mark Pizzolato wrote: > I agree. If this whole discussion is about if a simulated card reader > device > interface should try to magically correct for garbage input (i.e. lines > longer > than card images), then I suggest that the best

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread Mark Pizzolato
On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > On May 26, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Quentin North > wrote: > > > > I wonder whether OP is referring to a situation where there is a 96 > > character > > line, such as a programming language statement, and that the

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread Paul Koning
> On May 26, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Quentin North wrote: > > I wonder whether OP is referring to a situation where there is a 96 character > line, such as a programming language statement, and that the first 80 > characters would be on a card and then the remaining 16

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread Quentin North
I wonder whether OP is referring to a situation where there is a 96 character line, such as a programming language statement, and that the first 80 characters would be on a card and then the remaining 16 characters would be on the next card but with a continuation character in, say, column 1. I

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread khandy21yo
6/2016 1:55 PM (GMT-07:00) To: simh@trailing-edge.com Subject: Re: [Simh] Question about card readers. > IBM 96-column cards ... the IBM System/3 and perhaps other   And UNIVAC had a 90 column card for a long time.  It looked something like a traditional Hollerith card but had round punche

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread Robert Armstrong
> IBM 96-column cards ... the IBM System/3 and perhaps other And UNIVAC had a 90 column card for a long time. It looked something like a traditional Hollerith card but had round punches and two rows of six bit characters. Bob ___ Simh mailing

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread Alan Frisbie
On 05/26/2016 12:29 PM, Rich Alderson wrote: A card is 80 columns wide.[1] (OK, there were special purpose 51-, 60-, and 66-column cards, but the data on them would fit into 80 columns.) There is no way to put more than 80 columns of data onto a Hollerith card. ...

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread Rich Alderson
> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 19:54:22 -0400 > From: Richard Cornwell >>> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:07:15 -0400 >>> From: Richard Cornwell >>> I am asking for feedback on how to handle Punched card input. I am >>> wondering about how to handle the

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-26 Thread Bob Supnik
b On 5/26/2016 12:00 PM, simh-requ...@trailing-edge.com wrote: -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:07:15 -0400 From: Richard Cornwell<sky...@sky-visions.com> To:simh@trailing-edge.com Subject: [Simh] Question ab

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-25 Thread Cory Smelosky
On Wed, 25 May 2016, Richard Cornwell wrote: I am going to be adding card reader/card punch support to my KA10 simulator soon now and wanted to get some feedback on how to handle this. What's the current state of the KA/KI sim? Wondering if the KI will boot TOPS-10 to attempt to

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-25 Thread Richard Cornwell
Hi Rich > > Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:07:15 -0400 > > From: Richard Cornwell > > >I am asking for feedback on how to handle Punched card input. I > > am wondering about how to handle the case of reading a greater then > > 80 character record on a 80 character punch

Re: [Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-25 Thread Rich Alderson
> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:07:15 -0400 > From: Richard Cornwell >I am asking for feedback on how to handle Punched card input. I am >wondering about how to handle the case of reading a greater then 80 >character record on a 80 character punch card. Should

[Simh] Question about card readers.

2016-05-25 Thread Richard Cornwell
Hello all, I am asking for feedback on how to handle Punched card input. I am wondering about how to handle the case of reading a greater then 80 character record on a 80 character punch card. Should characters beyond the end of the card be truncated, or should they continue on the