does any read punch cards anymore?

[Jochen Kunz]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:17:45 -0400
Paul Koning <pkoning at equallogic.com> wrote:

> And of course there are some big machines around with card readers...
> The folks at www.cray-cyber.org have one, judging by the photos,
> though it isn't clear whether it is hooked up.
Last time I was down there in that basement it was hooked up. We tried
to read some batches, but it didn't work well as the reader needed some
readjustment of the feeder mechanics. No big deal. So I expect it to be
in working order by now.

At the VCF Europa 2004 you could punch cards with FORTRAN programms at
the exhibition hall. The batches where transfered to the Cray-Cyber
Compute Center by car, read with the reader mentioned above, processed
and a few hours later you got the print out from your job.
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tschüß,
       Jochen

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