Fortran Coding Form Pads...

From: Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
Date: Wed Jul 31 14:01:01 2002

Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> > The physical dimensions of the punched cards were chosen to match dollar
> > bills, so that the processing hardware could make use of existing
>
> Are you sure? A punch card is a bit larger than a dollar bill.

US dollar bills were bigger in Hollerith's day.

-Frank McConnell
Received on Wed Jul 31 2002 - 14:01:01 BST

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