[apt4ssx8] Re: Got any FORTRAN punched-card decks you wish you could read...

  • From: Dan Falck <ddfalck@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: apt4ssx8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:34:17 -0700

That is very interesting. I don't have any punch cards around, but I
love the concept.

Dan

On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Kent A. Reed <kentallanreed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gentle persons:
>
> This blog posting made me smile.
>
> http://codeincluded.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/punchcard-reader-movie.html
>
> I guess I should have kept all my FORTRAN decks in storage *just in case*
> :-) It would be easier to read them now than to read the 7-track mag tapes I
> transcribed them to. The tape drives have disappeared and the tapes
> themselves have disintegrated. Technologies come and go but some are easier
> to work with post-mortem.
>
> Regards,
> Kent
>
>

Other related posts: