does any read punch cards anymore?

Brad> Remember punchcards? Brad> Does anyone read them these days? I think I've heard of at least one of the serious retrocomputors who has a card reader. Brad> Someone approached me with some tapes to read and they also had Brad> 2 boxes of cards. Brad> I remember a nifty desktop card reader attached to a PDP-8/L Brad> once. I never used it but it sure seems like it would be Brad> easy/fun to wire it up to something more modern. There were several types of card readers for the PDP-11. One is quite small, fairly slow -- the CR11. The other is somewhat bigger (either a tabletop model or a freestanding unit, depending on hopper size) and comparable in speed to mainframe readers -- the CD11. Either one would do very nicely if you happen to have a PDP11 around. (Or a VAX? I think VMS had support for them.) And of course there are some big machines around with card readers... The folks at www.cray-cyber.org have one, judging by the photos, though it isn't clear whether it is hooked up. paul