Eero Ahonen <aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
> Clarence1898 wrote:
> >
> > I think there were a couple of different sizes of tape.  Some earlier tape was 6
> > holes wide, the tape I worked with was a newer 7 holes wide.  I still have a box
> > of paper cards in my garage.  They make good bookmarks.
>
> I recall seeing a "tape" with 1 hole width. I still haven't actually
> fully realized, how it should work, since I recall wondering that the
> holes didn't seem to differ from each other.
>
> > You're barely out of diapers yet,
>
> How would you know that? I might have some weird fetish :P.
>
> > my birthday was a couple of weeks ago and
> > your still several years short of half my age.
>
> Mentioning my age was a pun for Stephen. I've *never* seen such card nor
> tape in action.
>
> > Isaac.
>
> -Aero

You would have enjoyed the the IBM 2560 MFCM (Multi-Function Card Machine). Card
reader and punch with two input hoppers, 5 output hoppers all selectable under
program control.  The IBM engineers had a somewhat different interpretation of
the its acronym.  I can leave that to your imagination.

Isaac.

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