Card readers (was: IBM 604

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sat Jul 7 18:24:08 2001

On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
> Ah, that explains it. I think it's safe to say that no paper tape or card
> reader ever used a sealed-beam headlamp :-)

That's exactly what I meant.


Anybody have personal experience on the issue of "read twice; badly read
cards physically removed from deck"?


> > device. BTW, relatively recently non-sealed beam halogen units became
> > legal, finally.
> They've been around in the UK for at least 20 years, and probably longer.

I was using them in the US 30 years ago. Illegally. Does that mean that
emperor Dick will have me executed?

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Grumpy Ol' Fred        cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Sat Jul 07 2001 - 18:24:08 BST

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