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rumcajz on March 3, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Collapse of the Unix Philosophy

and imagine how annoying it gets when you are punching a punchcard.

magentaboy on March 3, 2017 [–]

We would punch up a program card to put on the drum in our IBM 029 card punches to set the tab stops, and let the tab key do its job.

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