[GreenKeys] OT: New coffee-table book on punched cards
Jim Cooper
jim.w2jc at gmail.com
Wed Feb 12 13:36:38 EST 2020
On 12 Feb 2020 at 7:52, Bruce Gentry via GreenKeys wrote:
> I have an older Allen electronic
> organ that uses IBM punch cards to
> load waveforms for various voices.
> Years ago we would enter sounds from
> any punch cards we could find,
> especially utility and telephone
> bills. Usually the result was
> raucus, but occasionnally a card
> would give a surprisingly good sound.
> Today, Allen owners duplicate and
> swap favorite cards because they are
> no longer made and blank ones are
> not easy to find. I think there are a
> few people making them with laser
> cutters. Finding a punch machine
> that slipped through the cracks would
> be neat too.
unfortunately, I scrapped an IBM card
punch about ten years ago !!
HOWEVER, I have a file cabinet full of
punched IBM cards ... want some?
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