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  2. Punched card input/output - Wikipedia

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    An IBM 80-column punched card of the type most widely used in the 20th century IBM 1442 card reader/punch for 80 column cards. A computer punched card reader or just computer card reader is a computer input device used to read computer programs in either source or executable form and data from punched cards.

  3. Punched card - Wikipedia

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    Cards would typically be punched with some initial information, such as the name and location of an inventory item. Information to be added, such as quantity of the item on hand, would be marked in the ovals. Card punches with an option to detect mark sense cards could then punch the corresponding information into the card.

  4. Computer programming in the punched card era - Wikipedia

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    These cards (e.g., a JCL "JOB" card to start a new job) were often pre-punched in large quantities in advance. [1] This was especially useful when the main computer did not read the cards directly, but instead read their images from magnetic tape that was prepared offline by smaller computers such as the IBM 1401. After reading the cards in ...

  5. IBM 1442 - Wikipedia

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    Cards are placed in the top hopper ("face down, nine-edge leading") and a plate is added on the top of the cards. They are read thru and come out to one of the left lower stackers. The 1442 does not print on the top of the cards; it just punches what characters the columns contains.

  6. IBM 519 - Wikipedia

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    Others in the series included the IBM 513 & IBM 514 Reproducing Punch. The 519, which was "state of the art for the time", [1] could: reproduce all or parts of the information on a set of cards "gangpunch" - copy information from a master card into the following detail cards; print up to eight digits on the end of a card; compare two decks of cards

  7. Signed overpunch - Wikipedia

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    The zone bits contain either 'F'x, forming the characters 0–9, or the character position containing the overpunch contains a hexadecimal value indicating a positive or negative value, forming a different set of characters. (A, C, E, and F zones indicate positive values, B and D negative).

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  9. IBM 1401 - Wikipedia

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    One-card programs can be written for various tasks. Commonly available were a one-card program to print the deck of cards following it, and another to duplicate a deck to the card punch. See Tom Van Vleck's web site. [21] Here is a one-card program which will print "HELLO, WORLD!".