Fortran Coding Form

From: Roy_Edenfield_at_engelhard.com <(Roy_Edenfield_at_engelhard.com)>
Date: Mon Jan 13 12:55:58 2003

If you still have these, I would like to have them.

Please let me know.





> I found a stack (3) of 'Fortran Coding Form' pads with an IBM logo,
> GX28-7327-6 U/M 050, Printed in the USA. Legal size (8x17)Nice light
> green, one stack is pretty nice, the others show a little yellowing.
> Don't know what dates these were available for. The lab I found these at
> was created in 1973, so that's a good limit for the 'Wayback machine'.
>
> I assume these are what Fortran coders would arrange their code on before
> translating the code into the paperpunches.
>
> Header fields are Program, Programmer, Date, Punching Instructions
> (Graphic or Punch), Page Of, Card Electro Number.
>
> The main area is headed up with Comm (comment?), Statement Number, Cont
> (continue?), Fortran Statement, Identification Sequence, followed but
> miscellaneous squares numbered from 1 to 80.
>
> Asterisked comments at the bottom are "A standard card form, IBM 888157,
> is available for punching statements from this form" and "Number of forms
> per pad may vary slightly". [snicker- especially if you pulled a few
out!]
>
> Anyone want For Free? I imagine it'd be a cool prop material for your
> classic cmp. I'll stuff it in an envelope and send it out bookrate.
>
> L
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