[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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