In a message dated 10-23-99, Leonard Erickson said to Dirk Stuijfzand about
"Computer History"

Hi Leonard,

 DS> (Now we get the OS/2 users who punched cards in the past to enter data
 DS> into computers)

LE>Not only have I punched cards, I've toggled bootstrap code into a
LE>mainframe.

That was, of course, the paper tape bootstrap so that the disk bootstrap
could be read through the paper tape reader on the side of the ASR 33 TTY
that was used as a system console. I was still a mere slip of a boy the last
time I did that.

LE>And as far as card punching goes, how many of you know what a "drum
LE>card" for a keypunch does?

Oh yes. I think I can still recall the multi-punches for the IBM 029 drum
program fields.

Regards

Dave

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