It really should be Hollerith for the card thing with holes punched in it (see http://www.maxmon.com/punch1.htm )
JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 5:52 PM Subject: Re: OT Recovery console humor > Hi Wayne, > > I'm glad I got out of bed this morning - I learnt something today ;-) > So, when we talk about 80-column cards, we must be careful & prefix with > "Apple" if it's the hardware, & "IBM" if it's the medium. > > Re: NEC V20s: long ago, the fast version of our industrial SBCs used them in > place of the 8085. > > Regards, > > Richard.be > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 2:19 PM > Subject: Re: OT Recovery console humor > > > > At 03:32 AM 3/11/2006, Richard King typed: > >>80-column cards in an Apple? Are you sure? > > > > Yes 80 column cards. See > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_80_column_card>. > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
