[Simh] EXT :Re: Various

[Hittner, David T [US] (MS)]

My college, DePauw University (Greencastle, IN, USA), had a DEC card reader attached to their PDP-11/45 running RSTS/E, and later connected it to their new VAX 11/782(!) running VMS.
They made all intro students in 1979 learn to use the card punch machines and submit programming jobs on cards, until they finally got rid of the card punch/readers in favor of interactive terminals in 1980-81.

David

From: Simh <simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com> On Behalf Of Clem Cole
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Subject: EXT :Re: [Simh] Various



On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:50 AM Timothe Litt <litt at ieee.org<mailto:litt at ieee.org>> wrote:

Among others, DEC OEM'd Documation card readers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se0F1bLfFKY
Mark - sorry to go a little direct (simh) topic here [this sort of belongs on Warren's COFF mailing list), but since the Card discussion started here as I'm kinda curious and will ask it.

Did DEC actually sell that many?   In my years of working around DEC gear starting in the late 1960s, I think I saw a card read/punch only once on a PDP-6 IIRC, but it might have been a KA10.   I don't think I ever saw one on a PDP-8/11 or Vaxen.

I certainly saw and used them on IBM 1401/360 systems, the Univac 1100s and CDC's.  I have not so fond memories of the IBM 1442, much less a 26 and 29 keypunch (and a couple of great stories too).

That said, when I think of DEC gear, my memories are of paper tape or either the original DEC-Tape units or a couple of cases the old cassette tape units DEC had on some of the laboratory PDP 11/05s.
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