Eric;

I have in INMAC (remember them?) version of the same thing.  Mine says the
5/16" holes are for standard file hole spacing (I guess that's the
metal-pronged thingies that you put through paper and fold over).  The 7/16"
holes just say 'standard spacing'.  What the 3/16" holes are, I have no
idea.

BTW, my ruler says there are 140 cards per inch.  I guess it depends on the
quality of your card stock.  :-)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric H. Sand [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 12:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [HP3000-L] fun contest - oldest relic you have


Well, the oldest computer relic I have is a 1969 Standard Register Company
15" stainless steel ruler for marking up 132 column report outlines. There
is an edge for calculating the number of cards per inch(150) and one for
calculating the number of lines down a page(6 per inch) as well.
Indispensable in its day it was. There was one in every pallet of green-bar
that arrived in receiving and one day I was at the right place at the right
time.. Still use it every day, but the 80 column cards are getting hard to
find.

Trivia question...There are thirty(30) 3/16th inch holes along one edge of
this "ruler", two(2) 5/16th holes along the other edge aligned at one end,
and two(2) 7/16th holes along the same edge but at the other end. What were
these used for?


                     Eric Sand
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