10 Sep
2015
10 Sep
'15
10:35 a.m.
From: Al Kossow
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 5:53 AM
On 9/10/15 4:38 AM, simon wrote:
they are PUNCHED cards
look at ALL of the documentation of the period
NO ONE called them PUNCH cards
Al,
I have to disagree with you, based on 46 years of working with the damned
things. Usage trumps prescriptivism in the form of documentation: Even
the keypunch operators of my youth called them "punch cards".
Best regards,
Your friend
Rich
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Living Computer Museum
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