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   Carlos E.R. to Frank Slootweg   
   Re: What is the best free software for c   
   05 Mar 25 21:12:26   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, comp.text.pdf, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-03-05 15:39, 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.   
      
   Wow.   
      
   >   
   > [...]   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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