> Eventually on-line terminals became available and card punching went out of favor. In the late 70s our school's mainframe got a room full of terminals that l

> Eventually on-line terminals became available and card punching went out of favor. In the late 70s our school's mainframe got a room full of terminals that let you enter & run "virtual punch cards". It sounds ludicrous but it was a godsend compared to dealing with physical cards. The name of the terminal program was ROSCOE. Politically dodgy now, and back then too.