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(...) longer. The legacy of punched cards :-( Chris (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Tell me about it. Sheesh. :-P Trivia note: Punch cards are the size that they are because that was the size of the U.S. bills printed by the U.S. Treasury at the time that punch cards were invented. What decade/era was this? (Answer is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heehe. Maybe it's the legacy of 8.5" wide paper, combined with 10-pitch typewriters... Steve (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) 1890 (1) (...) Actually, punch cards were in use before this: (URL) other page from that site: (URL) suggest the census computer was not really the first mechanical computing device, though it perhaps was the first general purpose machine. (1) (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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