At 09:07 PM 3/29/99 -0800, Derek wrote:
>...what makes you think it looks like a sorter? If it has two output bins
and
>one input bin, it may simply reject bad cards. If it has more output bins
>then it probably does something I don't know about. (You can tell if it
>really is a sorter because they have about 11 bins -- one for each digit
>plus one for rejects. Sorters are unmistakable.)
Ummm... (hollerith) card sorters (at least the IBM 83 sitting here beside
me) have 13 bins.
0-9, 11, 12, and reject... B^}
(reject... snicker... the 'Hawaii Five-O' story on my web pages...)
-jim
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