Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!hsi!stpstn!lerman
From: lerman@stpstn.UUCP (Ken Lerman)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Punched Cards
Message-ID: <5157@stpstn.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 90 16:59:15 GMT
References: <12546@netcom.UUCP> <220@taumet.COM> <12573@netcom.UUCP> <898@nlsun1.oracle.nl> <1990May29.132631.2253@pdn.paradyne.com> <1990May30.065025.25861@diku.dk> <1990Jun1.211352.4749@unhtel.uucp>
Reply-To: lerman@stpstn.UUCP (Ken Lerman)
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In the "Good Old Days", Fortran was punched in columns 1-72 of the 80
column card with 73-80 used for (an optional) sequence number.

As I recall, the 7090 class machine had a 36 bit word and could thus
contain 24 words of data (in binary mode) plus have an 8 character
sequence number.

Does anyone out there know if these two "facts" are related?

Ken