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

[Gary Pewitt]

I went to a class on those things at Fort Carson in the mid '80's.  It 
was without a doubt the -most boring- class I ever took.  Was working as 
a quality assurance specialist for the Defense Contract Management 
Agency.  73  Gary


On 12/17/2012 8:02 PM, Francesco Ledda wrote:
> 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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> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Hutchins
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 7:54 PM
> To: Francesco Ledda
> Cc: Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Dec 17, 2012, at 19:37, John Hutchins <jphutch60bj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>> 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.
>>> I assume declassified and auctioned off for scrap.
>>> Funny things do appear at the antique mall- Later Hutch
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