Re: [telecom] Chadless tape

Nov 02, 2007 0 Replies


Holes from punch cards are chips. Holes from paper tape are chad.


Maybe it depended on time and place. In 1965, when I was introduced to the college computer center, I was told that the glass candy jar full of punch card residue that sat on top of the school's IBM 1620 console contained "chad".


They didn't use paper tape.


Dave

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