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

[Francesco Ledda]

I don't when it started.  I know that we had ILs for major weapon systems up
the Raytheon Patriot.  The ILs covered each P/N.



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Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 7:54 PM
To: Francesco Ledda
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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Defense Department Drawings found on Computer
cards - ?

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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> Sent from my iPhone
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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?
>>
>> 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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