William Donzelli wrote:
Wondering when the last card reader died. We had one at University of Waterloo
until 1984 or 1985; we had a full professor who insisted on using cards. We
finally told him he'd have to pay the maintenance-that convinced him (or, more
likely, his Dean) that it was time to use terminals.
What's the latest anyone remembers using a card reader?
As of a couple of years ago, there still was a small shop in Ohio that
would have to deal with cards from time to time, and had both 80 and
96 column readers. They also had few working 3741s and 3742s for data
entry.
Likewise, in the very late 90s, I took a tour of a bank's datacenter
in Chicago (I think they had a 9021) that had a 3505/3525 pair, I
think connected to a channel with a 2914 switch.
--
Will
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I woulkdn't mind finding a 96-column keypunch. Gotta be a real rarity. :-)
Rick
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