5 Oct
2010
5 Oct
'10
2:54 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 5 Oct 2010 at 19:20, Alexey Toptygin wrote:
Whoa, it really is a reel of cards... I'm guessing the bigger holes on the
end are for tractor feed?
Alexey
I would also marvel at a reel of punched cards...
I thought you
usually stack and sheet-feed them. Anyone know what I/O was actually
in Babbage's design?
My guess is the same as used on Jacquard looms:
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~koster/musicbox/jacquard2.jpg 