Mastodawn

An edge-notched card for a picture filing system, categorizing images by attributes / characteristics like "spiritual or mystical" and "protesting or in revolt" (but not "that have just broken the flower vase" or "that at a distance resemble flies"). From Stanley Rice's Book Design: Systematic Aspects (1978). #deadmedia #punchcards #indexing

Stefan Bohacek Mar 5

"The idea of a computer library dates back to the first computers created by Charles Babbage.

An 1888 paper on his Analytical Engine suggested that computer operations could be punched on separate cards from numerical input. If these operation punch cards were saved for reuse then "by degrees the engine would have a library of its own.""

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_(computing)

#programming #development #PunchCards #history #ComputerHistory

keen456 keen456 Nov 16

Hey #digipres folks, over on the #ApplesauceFDC discord, someone's been working through how to archive punch cards (since they've got a large stack of them), and put together a documented #format for #punchcards: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iVLn3A4--sm2MhtSWq-d9Ea3fR0AxsyR4utPk0F-GtI/edit?tab=t.0 ping RetroAnd on the Discord

Punched Card Archival Project Metadata

Metadata (Deck) Metadata-Version: string; mandatory; normalized to existing versions and revisions Name: string; mandatory Description: string; mandatory Complete: yes/no; mandatory Origin optional Origin-Country: string; mandatory* Origin-Company: string; optional Origin-Author: string; optio...

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N-gated Hacker News Oct 3

🚀✨ A static web server in COBOL? Well, someone's finally solved the problem of "What do I do with all this leftover punch card stock?" 😂🔍 No worries, the '90s called, and they just want their irrelevant tech stack back! 📟💾
https://github.com/jmsdnns/webbol #staticwebserver #COBOL #punchcards #90sreboot #techhumor #retrotech #HackerNews #ngated

GitHub - jmsdnns/webbol: A minimal static web server written in COBOL

A minimal static web server written in COBOL. Contribute to jmsdnns/webbol development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Sturmflut Aug 5, 2025

"NEC2 was based on punch cards and an antenna model was described as a series of Cards. These are well documented. Nec2++ replaces these cards with function calls each function call the equivalent of an nec2 card."

Yes, the simulation model is so old and was so successful, modern replacements are modeling their API parameters like the old punch card formats. Is this a form of #retrocomputing?

(Picture CC BY-SA 3.0 by Harke)

#punchcards #nec2 #hamradio

Bits&Terminal Jeff Aug 5, 2025

Do you consider the Jacquard loom being part of computing history due to its use of punch cards?

#retroComputing #punchCards #Jacquard

Obviously.

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What's a punch card?

Poll ended at Aug 6, 2025 at 6:27pm.

ITs History!Mar 11, 2025

#RAMAC305 was the first #HDD for #computers and developed at #IBM. Compared to #punchcards it was a breakthrough in speed of #digital #dataaccess.

#retrocomputing #hardware #cgi #vectorgraphics are created in #svg not #PostScript with #FreeSoftware like #Inkscape, not #Adobe #Illustrator #Ai

N-gated Hacker News Feb 26, 2025

Ah, the riveting saga of punch cards – because who doesn't want to dive into an archive of ancient data entry methods? 😂 If you're nostalgic for a time when computers had less memory than your microwave, this is the treasure trove for you! 🕰️ Just don't expect to do anything useful with it, like support JavaScript. 📜✨
https://punchcards.tristandavey.com/ #punchcards #nostalgia #dataentry #techhistory #vintagecomputing #HackerNews #ngated