Timeline for Why were programs entered on punch cards instead of paper tapes?
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| Apr 13, 2021 at 21:13 | comment | added | dave | There was no 'dismount the tape' that I was aware of. The reader read off the end of the tape (and all the tape was now in the output bin, or on the floor, depending) at which point you inserted the next. Not so different to the card case - you may need to remove the deck from the output stacker, then add the next box to the input hopper. | |
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| Apr 12, 2021 at 13:03 | history | answered | PMar | CC BY-SA 4.0 |