Warped punched cards

Ray Arachelian ray at arachelian.com
Wed Jul 15 20:24:42 CDT 2009


William Donzelli wrote:
> IBM had duplicating punches that could handle really mangled cards.
> For example, the punch cards used by tube dealers back in the 1960s
> (used for reordering) were typically folded in three inside a sleeve
> of tubes.
>
>   
I remember back in the early 80's, Con Edison used to send a punch card
with their bills to be returned with a check and the inscription "do not
fold, staple or mutilate."  :-)



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