punchcard svg file available

Kyle Owen kylevowen at gmail.com
Thu Sep 10 10:40:29 CDT 2015


On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
>
> look at ALL of the documentation of the period
> NO ONE called them PUNCH cards


Section 7:
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/burroughs/200-21001B_B200_SeriesRefMan_Jul64.pdf
"Punch card stock" "punch card peripherals"

Second to last page:
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/univac/terminals/brochures/U5219_DCT_1000_Brochure_May70.pdf
"punch card reading and handling"

3rd page in PDF:
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/hp/2000TSB/36000-91001_HP2000_contribLibrDoc_Vol1_Aug76.pdf
"Punch card equipment test"

Section 5.3:
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/philco/s-2000/TRANSAC_S-2000_System_Description_Jan58.pdf
"On-Line Punch Card System" "can read punch cards"

Page 23-5:
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com//pdf/honeywell/multics/GB61-01B_OperatorsGde_Dec87.pdf
"different punch card decoding conventions"

While I prefer the term "punched card," I cannot agree with the
aforementioned capitalized generalizations.

Kyle


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