5 Apr
2010
5 Apr
'10
10:56 a.m.
I worked with cards and paper tape in both the US and UK between 1970 =
and
1980. 'Chad' normally referred to paper tape punchings on both teletypes =
and
high speed punches. The receptacle into which they went was called a =
'chad
box'. You could tell new users because they would try to tip the =
Yes, alont with terms like 'chad duct' for the tube that carries the
punchings from the die block to the chad box. I am pretty sure I've seen
such terms in service manuals for paper tape equipment.
contents
into a paper bin. It blew everywhere and the static made it stick.=20
We used an industrial vacuum with an earthed nozzle to empty the box and
clear the chutes.
As to punched cards I never heard the rectangular punchings referred to =
as
'chips' on either side of the Atlantic. =20
Nor have I. I wonder if this is an IBM .vs. the rest of the world thing.
IBM had their own terms for a lot of things (PEL rather than Pixel, All
Points Addressable mode rather htan Bitmaped mode, Planar board rather
than motehrboard, Module rather than integrated circuit, and so on).
-tony