30 Mar
1999
30 Mar
'99
2:52 p.m.
At 02:14 PM 3/30/99 -0800, you wrote:
In addition to the rare "Interpreter punch",
there was also a quite a bit
less rare variant, the "Verifier". It would READ a card as the operator
typed. If the card and keyboard didn't match, (IIRC after a couple of
tries) it would put a notch in the top of the card at the point of
discrepancy. If everything matched, it would put a notch in the side of
the card, as testimony to it having been checked.
How many remember how service bureaus would CHEAT?
They verified blank cards and then keypunch on the pre-verified cards.
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