20 Sep
2013
20 Sep
'13
3:16 p.m.
> In deference to Al's nit-picking
I feel
that I was a LITTLE over the line with that, but assumed that Al
would forgive me.
On Fri, 20 Sep 2013, Al Kossow wrote:
All of the documentation I've looked at from the
time called them
"punched" cards which is why I said "historically accurate". I'd
like to
know about any books or manufacturer's docs from the 50's or 60's that
refer to them as "punch" cards.
If I can find a contact address for Wil Price, I'll ask. He was writing
numerous such texts in the late 1960s.
Other than that, I don't have anything definitive, although YOU DO.
I do recall being CORRECTED on the job in 1968? when I said "punched
cards" in reference to an unopened box. Boss said something on the order
of "they aren't PUNCHED until you do so. Get started." But, he was
British, so there could also be the factor of two peoples divided by a
common language.
I also just checked the documentation on Documation
card readers, and they
REQUIRE that the notch be on the leading edge. This is a major PITA
for me right now as I try to read mixed-notch decks.
OUCH!
most cards that I have are corner cut on the column 1 end, but DEFINITELY
not all.
Looks like it may be an easy fix though (ignore the
top column in the logic
detecting the card edges).
or a paper shear? Then you'd have some cards with
both corners cut.