[Chicago] pydev

[Brian Toby]

On Apr 24, 2013, at 9:48 PM, Kenneth Stox wrote:

> Punch cards still have one attribute that is desirable in some
> applications, even today. In a controlled environment, they can be
> stored virtually indefinitely. Optical media is only good for 5 years or
> so, and magnetic media up to 20 years.


Well, yes, but given the ubiquity of punch card readers, one now needs to retrieve that storage byte-by-byte. 

BTW, I still remember the EBCDIC encoding sequence for letters and numbers, so I can help you read from punches if the printed letters at the top of the card have faded. 

Brian
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