Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/07

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Subject: [Leica] PDPs, Vax and number crunchers
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Wed Dec 7 16:35:46 2005
References: <4cfa589b0512061848r48df2e54y474875a86faaffac@mail.gmail.com> <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNIEDKDDAB.red735i@earthlink.net> <6.1.0.6.2.20051206223923.061a3d90@192.168.100.42> <4397414C.7010300@gmx.de>
 
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
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