Punch cards (again)

From: Jack Peacock <peacock_at_simconv.com>
Date: Thu Aug 20 17:05:33 1998

>She said that they were invented by Hollerith
at the end of the last century for use with the census. Was I drunk or
did
we just go through a whole discussion about the cards being invented for
the Jacquard loom?

Different types of punched cards. Hollerith invented the modern
computer punch card. The Jacquard loom used punched cards in a linked
belt type arrangement, similar to a player piano, to control the shuttle
of his loom. Jacquard had more in common with pianos than computers.
       Jack Peacock
Received on Thu Aug 20 1998 - 17:05:33 BST