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6 Sep 2024 19:18:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Random question on a friday morning  
From: Eero Ahonen
Date: 20 Dec 2008 04:05:29
Message: <494cb559$1@news.povray.org>
Clarence1898 wrote:
> 
> You would have enjoyed the the IBM 2560 MFCM (Multi-Function Card Machine). 

Most probably.

> Card
> reader and punch with two input hoppers, 5 output hoppers all selectable under
> program control.  

Sounds very hifi for that time of world. I bet it cost a fair bit of money?

> The IBM engineers had a somewhat different interpretation of
> the its acronym.  I can leave that to your imagination.

I assume that the last M stays the same and first M is followed by an o.
For C, I can't be sure if the two letters following it change places or not.

> Isaac.

-Aero


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