[Milsurplus] Defense Department Drawings found on Computer cards - ?

[John Hutchins]

Fred -

Ok. ended in the Late 80's.

When did the practice start?

We now know the Germans were using IBM punch cards to track undesirables 
in their camps.  So the practice of using IBM punch cards was available 
then 1940 onward.

When did the defense department start using this system?

Later-
Hutch

On 12/17/2012 7:40 PM, Francesco Ledda wrote:
> Those were available til the late 80s. They were called ILs.
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> On Dec 17, 2012, at 19:37, John Hutchins <jphutch60bj at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> All -
>> The better half and I were scouring an,  Antique Mall in the Austin area.  I came across stacks of Defense Department Drawings, IBM style computer cards with 35MM negatives embedded in the body, some mechanical and some electrical, some site type in nature.  ?Never the less, Questions abound?
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>> 1.  When did the defense department implement this sort of archival practice using IBM style punchcards?
>> 2.  Were these archives, on punch cards, ever digitize and stored on electronic media such as disk drives or tape, at a later date?
>> 3.  I wonder, question, if the WWII TM manuals were ever archived in this manner using IBM style punchcards?
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>> Again best description a Computer type IBM punch card, with a cut out for a 35mm negative  and a base drawing description typed and punched into the card.
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>> I assume declassified and auctioned off for scrap.
>> Funny things do appear at the antique mall-
>> Later
>> Hutch
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