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From: dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (David A Rasmussen)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Punched Card Annecdote (was: C obfuscator)
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Date: 31 May 90 01:31:30 GMT
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From article <61208@sgi.sgi.com>, by bron@bronze.wpd.sgi.com (Bron Campbell Nelson):
> In article <1990May30.065025.25861@diku.dk>, jensting@skinfaxe.diku.dk (Jens Tingleff) writes:
>> reggie@dinsdale.paradyne.com (George W. Leach) writes:
>> 
>> >>But who uses punched cards these days?
>> 
Me too, but our users do too :-(


We are replacing a Sperry 1100/80a with a Convex 220 this year. Of course
you know that as soon as we get rid of the 1100 (which no longer has a
card punch thank god (although it was fun throwing the chad at enemies :-))
some user is going to come by and say "but you said this new machine could
run these dusty decks".

Well, I suppose we can let them read the cards in on the optical scanner
and LET THEM figure out what the holes mean :-)


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