[geeks] Software Bloat

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n2vip at yahoo.com writes:

>They are (I assume) Hollerith cards, 80 columns wide, notch on the upper
>left corner, same measurements across "platforms"...

>You could punch data on your IBM key punch, then sort them on your Burroughs
>and add them on your Univac!

Were Hollerith cards really the same as the cards that became universal
in the 50s?

I don't understand the transition from Jaquard cards (which we recently
got a sample of, over at the RCS, and are unlike anything I'd seen before)
to modern punched cards. 

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