25 Mar
1998
25 Mar
'98
1:39 a.m.
At 11:41 PM 3/24/98 +0000, you wrote:
Yup. On the PC 80 col screen, you can fit two standard IBM Hollerith cards
(12 rows each card, 24 rows on screen). Neat, huh? I'm working with
Hollerith cards on my system right now with an optical card scanner. Data
storage capacity measured by bytes/pound anyone?
--
David Wollmann
dwollmann(a)ibmhelp.com
Why ARE
screens 80 Cols wide?
Err, because punched cards (at least IBM Hollerith cards) were 80 columns?
-tony