Timeline for Why were programs entered on punch cards instead of paper tapes?
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| Apr 12, 2021 at 17:13 | comment | added | AlainD | Yes, Peter, cut and paste is older than the Macintosh. | |
| Apr 12, 2021 at 17:12 | history | edited | AlainD | CC BY-SA 4.0 | typo |
| Apr 12, 2021 at 15:37 | comment | added | Raffzahn | Punch card are due their inherent features 1960s IDE - supported by existing tools like keypunch, sorter and printer (not all printers needed computers to run - older tabulating machinery was kept for some time to act as stand alone 'print stations' ). | |
| Apr 12, 2021 at 10:52 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | Basically cut and paste! | |
| Apr 11, 2021 at 12:05 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 11, 2021 at 12:03 | history | answered | AlainD | CC BY-SA 4.0 |