chips (was Re: Reading ancient paper digital media (wasRe: HamurabiFocal source))

[Rod Smallwood]

That would be the same IBM who refer to hard disks as dazdi's!

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On 4/5/10 1:07 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:

>
> As to punched cards I never heard the rectangular punchings referred to as
> 'chips' on either side of the Atlantic.
>

I refer you, then, to most IBM punched card documentation on bitsavers.

http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/cardProc/22-8485-3_operGuide_Sep56.pdf
page 13, for example:

"Chip Box
   Slightly to the right of the machine, as you look at it from the rear,
  is a removable box, which is the receptacle for the punching chips as
  they are cut out. This box can be easily removed, when necessary, by
  lifting a catch that locks it into position. The chip box should be
  removed and emptied daily."