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   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 3/5/2025 9:39 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > [...]   
   >> I can not read punched cards.   
   >>   
   >> The lab at uni used them just the year before me. I never had to use   
   >> cards or punched paper tape.   
   >>   
   >> :-D   
   >   
   >   I had colleagues who could - visually - read ASCII paper tapes. And   
   > another one could visually read 9-track magtape, when the magnetzation   
   > was made visible by some kind of fluid.   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   When you use paper tape regularly, you learn how to recognize   
   end of record marks. When a tape load reports a read error,   
   you can roll back a record and retry, which takes less time   
   than loading the paper tape all over again. Learning to do that,   
   is a "survival mechanism" :-)   
      
      Paul   
      
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