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My father used similar punch cards at his works way into 80ties (socialist country). Every shopping list in my childhood was written on those
by jankotek 7y ago
My father used similar punch cards at his works way into 80ties (socialist country). Every shopping list in my childhood was written on those
- larsbrinkhoff 7y agoIn (socialist country), card punches you!
- tapland 7y agoWhy the socialist country comment? They weren't mass replaced until the 80s anywhere.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- ncmncm 7y agoMy (state) university abandoned cards and scrapped its mainframe and punches in 1980. The punches were unwanted anywhere. The most prized parts of the mainframe, a CDC 6600, were the smoked-glass doors.
- wruza 7y agoDecks of ‘perfocards’ and square lined journals, yeah. I watched how he enters codes through tumblers and didn’t understand until there was a keyboard computer connected to tv+vesna.