13 Dec
2010
13 Dec
'10
12:02 a.m.
On 12 Dec 2010 at 18:46, Mike Loewen wrote:
The 129 models 1 and 3 could both punch and
verify:
Could be the 129 that I'm thinking of. I do know that there were
several variations of the 029; I seem to remember one even used as a
card reader and as a punch, but I can't recall the equipment setup.
Or maybe I'm thinking of a Univac keypunch that was used that way.
My mind gets muddled with age.
re: Interpreters. The 557 was the one that I always ran into. You
could get blank cards printed with 60 column numbers in the first row
and 20 in the second for use with it.
To a programmer, the annoying problem with the 557 was the limited
character set. Basically letters and numbers with a few punctuation
symbols.
--Chuck