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Subject:	Re: Punch Cards (Was lastest technology)
From:	Brian Duncombe <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Brian Duncombe <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 18 May 1999 08:23:58 -0400
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At 11:16 PM 5/17/99 -0400, Richard Gambrell wrote:
>Isn't it remarkable how well data fits into 80 columns (or 160)?:-)
>For example (further details left to the imagination):

When you have a hot-glue gun, everything looks like a job for hot glue!

The same thing happened on the IBM S/3 with 96 column cards, most logical
records became 96 characters.

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