15 Dec
2015
15 Dec
'15
2:05 a.m.
On Dec 14, 2015, at 2:46 PM, Mike <tulsamike3434 at
gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> At
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#/media/File:Blue-punch-card-fron…
> is a picture of a card. It was punched with a printing punch, or run through a 029
series interpreter punch, NOT with an INTERPRETER, which didn't line up what it
printed with the columns (too large a font to do so), and couldn't interpret and run
COBOL anyway.
>
> Notice the punches used for the numbers.
> The rows above '0' were called 'Y' and 'X'
I've only ever seen them called "12" and "11" for the top and next
rows respectively. For example, the card code listing on the IBM 360 "green
card" shows them that way (e.g., A is 12-1).
paul
