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From: naftoli@aecom.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: More 1130/1403 stuff
Message-ID: <902@aecom.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Feb-87 00:23:15 EST
Article-I.D.: aecom.902
Posted: Sun Feb 15 00:23:15 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Feb-87 05:58:52 EST
References: <2319@sunybcs.UUCP> <1596@kitty.UUCP>
Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
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Keywords: early computers, trivia, humor

In article <1596@kitty.UUCP>, larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
> 	At my college a favorite stunt was to punch cards with all rows
> and columns punched...

We used to do the same thing, except that it had a useful purpose.
We had a program that would punch all the holes in a stack of cards.
The little punchouts made for fine confetti at a variety of celebrations.
Of course, the name of the program was "mulch."

We have the 1130 sitting around in a closet somewhere waiting for the
price of gold to go up (no kidding).  Then, it's off to the smelting
shop.

I still have the "parity check" light for old times sake.
-- 
Robert N. Berlinger
Systems Analyst, Scientific Computing Center		Compuserve: 73047,741
Albert Einstein College of Medicine			Easylink:   62956067
UUCP: ...{philabs,cucard,pegasus,rocky2}!aecom!naftoli	GEnie:	    R.Berlinger