[geeks] Software Bloat

[Ken Hansen]

Yes... As I understand it...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: <dave at cca.org>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Software Bloat


> n2vip at yahoo.com writes:
>
> >They are (I assume) Hollerith cards, 80 columns wide, notch on the upper
> >left corner, same measurements across "platforms"...

> 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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