Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i just acquired a second-hand televit 560; included was the original Owner's Registry Business Reply Card addressed to E Leitz 468 Park Avenue South NY NY 10016. Interestingly, the card is also a Hollerith card with the part number and serial number punched. -rei On Dec07 21:08, Douglas Sharp wrote: > My computer life started with punched tapes and cards, often the rubber > band holding the card deck together snapped on the way to the input > room, (wasn't it just fun resorting them to get your job back together), > went on through tapes to cartridges and exabytes and even CDs - now the > whole geophysical stuff is done on clusters, as much number crunching > capacity as the Cray but about the size of the old tape drive cabinets > we used on the PDPs. An ex-colleague now has the Cray gracing his party > cellar - it always did look like a piece of modern furniture anyway. > > Douglas -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey