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> From: Neil Harvey <[log in to unmask]>
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> Pardon the waste of bandwidth, but the discussion on punched cards
> brought back nerd memories.
> I started out life as an operator on a Burroughs B2500. It read cards,
> and punched cards, merged tape masterfiles and details, and had 100MB
> fixed disk.
>
> One of my fellow operators got married. We collected MILLIONS of punched
> out rectangles, and used this as confetti. He got into trouble with the
> minister for "littering" the church and grounds.
>
> FOUR YEARS LATER, he and his wife still kept finding small overpunches
> around the house, in the car, in clothes etc.
>
> Nerdish, no?
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And dangerous, too. These little "punchouts" can do real damage
to eyes!
Nick Demos [log in to unmask]
Performance Software Group
Tel. (410) 788-6777 Fax (410) 788-4476
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