On Wed, 31 May 2000 allisonp_at_world.std.com wrote:
> > take to store even one floppy disk? And then, where are all these cards
> > going to go? Where does one store millions of punched cards? Who's going
> > to pay for this?
>
> First, whose twisting your arm? It was a thought, and only that!
I'm just commenting on the impracticality of it all.
> Again reread tape is not cards! the information density of tape FYI is
> higher than cards and laks the "ordering" problem if dropped. Also no
> rule says 10 punches per linear inch is required, you could go 16 wide
> and 20 per inch upping the denity fourfold. Or better yet optically
> print the image (density limits already mentiond are 100-1000x).
Still impractical.
> Dream a bit, maybe a cheap idea will emerge.
I'm always dreaming, baby!
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