[Simh] Question about card readers.

[Rich Alderson]

> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:07:15 -0400
> From: Richard Cornwell <skyvis at sky-visions.com>

>    I am asking for feedback on how to handle Punched card input. I am
>    wondering about how to handle the case of reading a greater then 80
>    character record on a 80 character punch card. Should characters
>    beyond the end of the card be truncated, or should they continue on
>    the next card. 

>    Any ideas? 

Hi, Rich,

Would you mind expanding on the query a bit?  Since an 80-column card can't
store more than 80 characters' worth of data, how can there be anything to
be truncated or continued in a read?

                                                                Rich


Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104

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