IT News<p>On the Original Punched Cards - If you mention punch cards to most people, they’ll think of voting. If you mention... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/02/12/on-the-original-punched-cards/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/02/12/on-the</span><span class="invisible">-original-punched-cards/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/jacquardloom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jacquardloom</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/punchedcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchedcard</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/punchcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcard</span></a></p>
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ink and yarn<p>The result of this punchcard is a small blanket to donate to the ASPCA, where Eldest Niece volunteers. (But what is up with Red Heart changing textures from one ball of yarn to the next? </p><p>More details on the knitblog: <a href="https://www.knittingpirate.com/2024/11/24/in-which-the-pirate-punches-a-card/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">knittingpirate.com/2024/11/24/</span><span class="invisible">in-which-the-pirate-punches-a-card/</span></a></p><p>I am seriously considering using this pattern to make a whole king-size blanket for the bed. It'd have to be made in panels and seamed, of course, but how cozy would this be!?</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/KnittingPirate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnittingPirate</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/KnittingMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnittingMachine</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PunchCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PunchCard</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/KnitBlanket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnitBlanket</span></a></p>
ink and yarn<p>This is tedious and yet incredibly satisfying at the same time.</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/KnittingPirate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnittingPirate</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/KnittingMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnittingMachine</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PunchCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PunchCard</span></a></p>
Computer History Museum 🇸🇮<p>Let's learn how to read hole-punched IBM EBCDIC cards! 😎 An example card in the image contains the data also printed in a line at the top. The data is written literally and can be easily interpreted using the table provided at <a href="https://gen5.info/$/LU0NS2XPG8MDVCVZS/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gen5.info/$/LU0NS2XPG8MDVCVZS/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. Have you succeeded?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computermuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computermuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slovenia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ljubljana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwareheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/60s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/70s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>70s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
Computer History Museum 🇸🇮<p>We are pleased to have an IBM 129 keypunch machine as part of our collection. Additionally, our collection includes a significant quantity of punch cards, providing insight into historical computing methods during your visit to our museum.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computermuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computermuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slovenia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ljubljana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwareheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ibm129" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm129</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/keypunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keypunch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
Igor Bogetic<p>Hi! Does somebody maybe know US or EU based individual/site/company where I can order punching data to cards (standard, 12-row/80-column punched cards)? So I send them data to be punched (no cards) and they would send me the punch cards by post? Have in mind Im asking about punch cards, not tapes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mainframe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mainframe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vgm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vgm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a></p>
Computer History Museum 🇸🇮<p>🔎🧵 A photo of the first attempt at reading punched tape - manually unwinding it captured in the form of a video. The software (still) doesn't support this (you have to export it as images), but it wouldn't be difficult to implement.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computermuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computermuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slovenia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ljubljana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwareheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrotech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchedtape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchedtape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/keypunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keypunch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a></p>
Computer History Museum 🇸🇮<p>Come and see the first pocket scientific calculator HP-35 🔢, aided in its development by Slovenian engineer France Rode, an excerpt from Prešeren's works on punched tape 📚, and a century-old IBM 010 card punch.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computermuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computermuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slovenia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ljubljana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ljubljana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwareheritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hewlettpackard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hewlettpackard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/calculator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calculator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchcardmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcardmachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pocketcalculator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pocketcalculator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecalculator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecalculator</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Paper Punching Machine Looks Like Cute Piece of Computer History Past - Computing used to run on punch cards. Great stacks of cards would run middling pro... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/09/13/paper-punching-machine-looks-like-cute-piece-of-computer-history-past/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/09/13/paper-</span><span class="invisible">punching-machine-looks-like-cute-piece-of-computer-history-past/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mechanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mechanism</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/papertape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>papertape</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/punchcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punchcard</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machine</span></a></p>
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