[AccessD] OT: Memory Lane. IBM Key Punch

I'm not that young.....I was three then ;)

Drew

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Tesiny, Ed [SMTP:EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us]
	Sent:	Thursday, December 29, 2005 6:25 PM
	To:	Access Developers discussion and problem solving
	Subject:	Re: [AccessD] OT: Memory Lane. IBM Key Punch

	Confused.  we for the most part only dealt with EBCDIC, this is
going back to 1976, a date which i BELIEVE PREDATES A LOT OF LISTERS. Damn
caps lock . Sorry!

		-----Original Message----- 
		From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of
MartyConnelly 
		Sent: Thu 12/29/2005 5:03 PM 
		To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving 
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		Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Memory Lane. IBM Key Punch
		
		

		I believe the 026's only punched BCD and the 029 EBCDIC
		
		Tesiny, Ed wrote:
		
		>You're not alone, we had three 029s where all our research
projects data
		>were entered and verified.  Then we took the cards up to
the university
		>to read them into the UNIVAC 1100.  We used dial-ups ( 300
baud) from
		>our office (DecWriters I think) to get to the mainframe at
the
		>university.  It was nice, however, on  a sunny summer day
to send a
		>print job to university where they had a little beer garden
;-))
		>
		>Ed Tesiny
		>EdTesiny at oasas.state.ny.us
		>
		>
		> 
		>
		>>-----Original Message-----
		>>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
		>>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Gary Kjos
		>>
		>>I'm feeling very OLD right now.
		>>
		>>GK
		>>
		>>   
		>>
		
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