punchcard svg file available

geneb geneb at deltasoft.com
Thu Sep 10 14:51:34 CDT 2015


On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Kyle Owen wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
>>
>> look at ALL of the documentation of the period
>> NO ONE called them PUNCH cards
>
>
> Section 7:
> http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/burroughs/200-21001B_B200_SeriesRefMan_Jul64.pdf
> "Punch card stock" "punch card peripherals"
>
> Second to last page:
> http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/univac/terminals/brochures/U5219_DCT_1000_Brochure_May70.pdf
> "punch card reading and handling"
>
> 3rd page in PDF:
> http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/hp/2000TSB/36000-91001_HP2000_contribLibrDoc_Vol1_Aug76.pdf
> "Punch card equipment test"
>
> Section 5.3:
> http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/philco/s-2000/TRANSAC_S-2000_System_Description_Jan58.pdf
> "On-Line Punch Card System" "can read punch cards"
>
> Page 23-5:
> http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com//pdf/honeywell/multics/GB61-01B_OperatorsGde_Dec87.pdf
> "different punch card decoding conventions"
>
> While I prefer the term "punched card," I cannot agree with the
> aforementioned capitalized generalizations.
>

So THAT's what a "petard" looks like!

:D

g.

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