[GreenKeys] IBM Keypunch

[Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys]

I remember seeing a bell dataphone and reader combo... I imagine the  tone  
pairs  would carry of the  radio!
 
( yea  I want one of these  too!)
 
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/8/2015 8:39:33 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
jhhaynes at earthlink.net writes:

On Tue,  8 Sep 2015, Able Baker via GreenKeys wrote:

> Did not realize there  was so much interest/demand for the old machines.  
I
> can't  imagine anyone having any useful function for their original 
intended
>  purpose.  Is there still any application for punched cards?  Or are  they
> just antique display items?

I spoze one could rewire the  keypunch to become a card transceiver, and
then we could transmit punch  cards by radio just like using RTTY.

Then we could put an old twist on  QSO-by-macro-keys
You punch a card with the other guy's callsign, and you  have cards for
calling CQ, for answering a CQ, for starting a transmission,  for the
"over" function, and for the SK  function.

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