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I've never seen any 'extended punch card', or any machine that could punch a 132-column card. 132 was the line length of IBM line printers, imitated by many ot
by jonjacky 5y ago
I've never seen any 'extended punch card', or any machine that could punch a 132-column card.
132 was the line length of IBM line printers, imitated by many other popular brands, including Printronix and DEC. They printed on that wide green-stripe, fan-fold paper, which came in a standard size that fit 132-column printers.
- eesmith 5y agoI agree about the (lack of) a 132 extended punch card. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#IBM_96-column_format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#IBM_96-column_for... points out there was a seldom used IBM 96 card. There's also Rand's 90 column card. I liked printing things out to the 132-column printer. I still don't stick to 80 columns in my code. ;)