<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>I once saw a IBM punch card that was small as a playing card, had three rows of 8? Punches, and held more than 80 characters. The operators actually used them as playing cards.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A</div></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Robert Armstrong <bob@jfcl.com> </div><div>Date: 05/26/2016 1:55 PM (GMT-07:00) </div><div>To: simh@trailing-edge.com </div><div>Subject: Re: [Simh] Question about card readers. </div><div><br></div></div>> IBM 96-column cards ... the IBM System/3 and perhaps other<br><br> And UNIVAC had a 90 column card for a long time. It looked something like a traditional Hollerith card but had round punches and two rows of six bit characters.<br><br>Bob<br> <br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Simh mailing list<br>Simh@trailing-edge.com<br>http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh</body></html>