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Subject:	Re: Punch Cards (Was latest technology)
From:	John Pearce <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	John Pearce <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 17 May 1999 19:35:00 -0600
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Joe Geiser wrote:

>Also, for those who dropped their cards, there was the 086 Collator, if you
>remembered how to wire the board ;)

Actually, it was quicker to sort the cards using a sorter.

Anyone remember running Fortran II on the IBM 1620 before IBM provided the
1311 disk drive?  All punch cards.  We thought we were in heaven when IBM
provided a 1311 drive and we could dump all those card decks.

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John Pearce  <[log in to unmask]>       | Bethesda Management Company
Speaking for only myself             | Colorado Springs, CO  USA

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