Info on things old wanted...

From: Barry Peterson <bmpete_at_swbell.net>
Date: Sun Oct 12 22:22:26 1997

On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 20:48:31 -0400 (EDT), you said:

>I received a bit of mail from a buddy:
>
>>1) IBM 29 card punch + writer machine fitted into a desk
>
>Does anyone have any information on these two things? My guess is that the
>IBM card machine may be pre-computer (programmed by plugboards, etc.).
>
I used an 029 (and a 129) in the mid-sixties to punch cards to be used
on an IBM 360 series (mainframe) computer. (I wasted *hundreds* of
cards trying to make my FORTRAN progs work correctly.)
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Barry Peterson bm_pete_at_ix.netcom.com
Husband to Diane, Father to Doug,
Grandfather to Zoe and Tegan.
Received on Sun Oct 12 1997 - 22:22:26 BST