5 Apr
2010
5 Apr
'10
1:50 p.m.
--- On Mon, 4/5/10, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org>
Subject: Re: chips (was Re: Reading ancient paper digital media (was Re:
To: "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 12:50 PM
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/univac_60_120/GMS-1011TM_UNIVAC_60_120_Serv…
page D-5: "Full Chip Pan Micro Switch"
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Please site a printed example of the use of "chad" in a manufacturer's
manual describing what
is cut out from a card.
I have now given two, from two different vendors, describing them as 'chips'.
Page 2-1 of the Decision Data 8100 manual
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/decisionData/DD-159-114_8001_8010_Operators_Ma…
has the following:
Punched chad (or chips) from the cards fall into the chip box.
So it looks like they recognized the common usage of chad as the output of a punch.
Bob
As to punched
cards I never heard the rectangular punchings referred to =
as
'chips' on either side of the Atlantic. =20
Nor have I. I wonder if this is an IBM .vs. the rest of the world thing.