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I'm in my late 40's, but had an older sister who used punch cards at the local community college.

Loss of punch cards meant loss of punch card wreaths at Christmas.

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What befuddles me (among a long list if things) is .. where did these guys see punch cards?  I am 79 years old and punch cards were in my rear view mirror.  I x-punched cards in the military but that was pretty much it.  My first computer was in 1971 and had no punch cards, although a reader was available.

1971 was 46 years ago.  If someone working today used punch cards it has to have been for a very few years and very early in their career.  Those were the days of telex, telegrams, air mail, and carbon paper.

On 12/11/2017 7:08 AM, Ken Killian wrote:
I often running into developers who LOVE PUNCH-Cards. And for some strange reason have "fond memories" of using them...

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