Archival storage

[Chuck Guzis]

On 10/11/2005 at 9:13 PM woodelf wrote:

>I was looking for Fortran IV programs and got reading on the History of 
>FORTRAN.
>In 1957 they could not punch out the 2,000 binary cards of FORTRAN II 
>and had to go tape instead.
>Now that is about 72*12 bits per card ...  you work out the math.

Huh? I've used a card-based 1401 FORTRAN II.  Two decks--you read in the first deck, then your source program. An intermediate deck was punched.  You then read in the second pass of the compiler, followed by the cards punched by the first pass.  An object deck was punched.

2000 cards is about a box.  Not a spectacular amount  at all.  Tape WAS easier, however.

Cheers,
Chuck