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 > >