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Time machine indeed!"Punched cards were invented about 1750 for the control of textile looms, and were adopted for use in Herman Hollerith in the 1890 US census."I used punch cards in engineering school in the late 70's to run Fortran programs and one of my professors called them "Hollerith cards".
Woe betide if you dropped a stack of sorted cards!
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"Punched cards were invented about 1750 for the control of textile looms, and were adopted for use in Herman Hollerith in the 1890 US census."
I used punch cards in engineering school in the late 70's to run Fortran programs and one of my professors called them "Hollerith cards".
Woe betide if you dropped a stack of sorted cards!
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