8 Apr
2010
8 Apr
'10
12:38 p.m.
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, jd wrote:
Everyone around me at the time called it chaff. Even
the native IBMers
who used paper tape every single day. Those were the days when IBM
employee payroll statements were still printed on punched cards. Even
the hams called it that. At least those I knew.
Maybe Chad objected.
. . . so they hung him?
Maybe they were just funnin' me.
Did IBM really patent all those little chips?
My father said that IBM had patented the shape of the chips. Remember
round hole punched cards?
I think I've got a few left over if they want them
back. They should be
useful as spares for some keypunch or other.
There is an active thread on the list about how to desolder chips.
How do you keep them from burning?
Do keypunch machines start with lace cards and glue chips in?
Wouldn't you have to refill the chip box pretty often?
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com