S is x'E2' instead of x'E1' Don
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Skip Robinson > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 11:07 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: PC2 - The New Punched Card Cloud > > Trivia 2. What quirk of the punch card had an effect so profound that it > survives today in EBCDIC? > > . > . > JO.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 626-302-7535 Office > 323-715-0595 Mobile > jo.skip.robin...@sce.com > > > > From: Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, > Date: 04/01/2013 08:00 PM > Subject: Re: PC2 - The New Punched Card Cloud > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > > > Easy question. Herman Hollerith wanted them to feel familiar, so he made > them the size of a US Federal bill. > > Charles > Composed on a mobile: please excuse my brevity > > Phil Smith <p...@voltage.com> wrote: > > >Jim Bohnsack wrote: > >>I still "use" punched cards (IBM 5081's) as note cards. I retired from > mainframe support last summer and have at least 2 boxes of cards (not > punched). They are the best note cards in the world. > > > >And I just bought a box of 2,000 on eBay! > > > >Trivia question: How was the size of the IBM 80-column punch card chosen? > > > >...phsiii > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
