Virginia Slims... Mat -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+mat.hutchings=siemens.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+mat.hutchings=siemens.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 9:18 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Times-a-changin (Was: Star Rover for iOS) Hollerith cards, man those were the days. You've come a long way, baby. (And if you remember the product that slogan advertized, then you truly are an "old timer"...) On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
Heh. I bought the Burroughs intake hopper from the Utah State University bid sale. Had a couple decks of unpunched cards too.
Unfortunately, it didn't survive the great purge of 2002 (aka my move to Denver).
When I was working at Visa a few years later, there was a contest to identify old computer hardware. I was the only one on the floor to identify the 80 byte punch card.
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