Will your data still be readable in half a century? The State of Storage As storage media grows denser and more complex over time, it's worth remembering that older formats were sometimes far more ...

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If you mention punch cards to most people, they’ll think of voting. If you mention it to most older computer people, they’ll think of punching programs for big computers on cards. But punched cards ...

This key-driven, manual verifier has 15 black rubber keys. Twelve are for the 12 columns on a punch card. These are labeled from 0 to 9, X, and blank. Two other keys move the card one space, and the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. IBM sometimes used punch cards to ...

In the new world of office automation, one of the prime problems has been the fact that not all machines talk the same language. The information from computers, in the form of magnetic tape, punched ...