File:Used Punchcard (5151286161).jpg
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English: This card was used to load software into a mainframe computer. Each byte (the letter 'A', for example) is entered by punching out a column of holes.
Contents appear to be a line from a Fortran program: 12 PIFRA=(A(JB,37)-A(JB,99))/A(JB,47) PUX 0430where 12 is a statement label and PUX 430, starting in column 73, would typically be a card sequence number. Per author "You may scoff at the low-tech but this data has survived longer than most CD-Rs will last - they rot in a decade or so..." |
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| Source | Used Punchcard |
| Author | Pete Birkinshaw from Manchester, UK |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by BinaryApe at https://flickr.com/photos/93001633@N00/5151286161. It was reviewed on 27 June 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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| current | 11:45, 27 June 2016 | 2,209 × 967 (1.09 MB) | Daniel Mietchen | Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons |
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