[GreenKeys] OT: New coffee-table book on punched cards

Jeffrey Angus jdangus at att.net
Wed Feb 12 11:46:04 EST 2020


On 2/12/20 8:26 AM, Doug Alderdice wrote:
> The NYS Thruway (I-90) for eons handed each motorist an
> 80-col card when they entered and on it was printed the toll
> for each exit, and it was punched (round hole punches, so
> whatever system that was) with the toll entrance number and
> vehicle class.
Hollerith cards.
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Jacquard.loom.cards.jpg>



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