IBM 029 Card Punch and ASCII Machines

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naw.... the  card reader read  punches  and the    reader  driver  made it  
readable on  your machine! !
 
there  were some  for  hp-2000 also and ho 3000    we would love to  find  
one  for the  smecc museum  here  in az   if anyone has an  HP setup!
 
 
Ed Sharpe archivist  for SMECC 
 
 
In a message dated 5/10/2015 1:56:51 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com writes:

I recall  back in the late 70s using an IBM 029 Card Punch to punch cards 
for
the  DECSYSTEM-20.



As I understand it, the 029 was an EBCDIC  machine, but of course the
DECSYSTEM-20 was ASCII.



Does that  mean there was an ASCII version of the 029, or that there was
something in  the card reader software on TOPS-20 that converted EBCDIC  to
ASCII?



Regards



Rob