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Subject: Re: IBM System/3 turns 40 !
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist () sydex ! com>
Date: 2009-07-31 2:38:59
Message-ID: 4A725943.8055.77C78E1 () cclist ! sydex ! com
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On 30 Jul 2009 at 18:56, Brent Hilpert wrote:
> Chuck Guzis wrote:
> >
> > On 31 Jul 2009 at 0:47, Philip Leonard WVØT wrote:
> >
> > > It was BCD, sort of. The six "rows" were labeled "B", "A", "8",
> > > "4", "2", "1".
> >
> > Bob Bradlee indicates that there were two "hidden" rows of bits.
> > But yeah, BA8421 is what I remember. Kind of like the bit naming on
> > 7 track tape or a 1401.
>
> This page has a description and a card image:
>
> http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/cards/history.html
>
> ..rather tortured layout for 8 bit bytes.
Ah, I understand now. 128 colum cards, of which only 96 were used
until the demand for 8 bit codes was needed. It might be interesting
to see a lace card in small format.
ISTR that there were conversion kits for standard-sized card file
furniture so that two rows of the mini cards could be held in a
drawer.
--Chuck
--Chuck
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