From: Al Kossow Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 5:53 AM > On 9/10/15 4:38 AM, simon wrote:
>> https://hack42.nl/wiki/Bestand:Punchcard.svg > they are PUNCHED cards > look at ALL of the documentation of the period > NO ONE called them PUNCH cards Al, I have to disagree with you, based on 46 years of working with the damned things. Usage trumps prescriptivism in the form of documentation: Even the keypunch operators of my youth called them "punch cards". Best regards, Your friend Rich Rich Alderson Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer Living Computer Museum 2245 1st Avenue S Seattle, WA 98134 mailto:ri...@livingcomputermuseum.org http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/