Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
On Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:49 -0400, Scott T. Harder
<scottyt.har...@gmail.com> wrote:
...
Never heard of 96-column cards, though. Just some ignorance on my
part with that one.
...
The "96-column" card was really 3 tiers of 32 columns. 6 bits per logical
column. It was small (3-1/4 inch wide by 2-5/8 inch high) with small
round holes.) It was used on the S/3. I'm not sure it was used by
anything else.
The small card size had both advantages and disadvantages. Large
decks were light so people tended to pick up decks that were too large.
If you tried picking up a deck that was much longer that the card's width
you were left holding the first and last card with the rest of the deck
sprayed across the room.
Or sprayed across the floor. :-)
--
Rick
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