I started out long ago and far away with an 026 BCD keypunch (it probably had tubes in its electronics); had to learn a few "substitutions" for some rare characters like + & -. It was wonderful to graduate to a "modern" 029 later. I even learned how to make one of those control cards you wrapped around a little drum... being able to tab on a keypunch was huge.
Later on, as an operator, I did learn it was fairly easy, not necessarily requiring intent, to convert a 2501 card reader into a card sprayer. And it was spectacular. sas On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 1:05 PM Schuffenhauer, Mark <mschu...@tcfbank.com> wrote: > You have not punched cards, until you've punched them in the original > Klingon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
