1" paper tape buy ?

[Jules Richardson]

Brent Hilpert wrote:
> Practically speaking, I wonder if there was a 'good practice' limit on how many
> holes could be punched in one column, too many holes and a card might become
> flimsy and likely to fold along the column(s), reducing the theoretical maximum
> bit density.

Just found this entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace_card
:-)

... so did machines of the day often have encoding schemes such that large 
areas of punches were unlikely?