On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Al Kossow <a...@bitsavers.org> wrote: > > look at ALL of the documentation of the period > NO ONE called them PUNCH cards
Section 7: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/burroughs/200-21001B_B200_SeriesRefMan_Jul64.pdf "Punch card stock" "punch card peripherals" Second to last page: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/univac/terminals/brochures/U5219_DCT_1000_Brochure_May70.pdf "punch card reading and handling" 3rd page in PDF: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/hp/2000TSB/36000-91001_HP2000_contribLibrDoc_Vol1_Aug76.pdf "Punch card equipment test" Section 5.3: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/philco/s-2000/TRANSAC_S-2000_System_Description_Jan58.pdf "On-Line Punch Card System" "can read punch cards" Page 23-5: http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com//pdf/honeywell/multics/GB61-01B_OperatorsGde_Dec87.pdf "different punch card decoding conventions" While I prefer the term "punched card," I cannot agree with the aforementioned capitalized generalizations. Kyle