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by DonaldFisk
2411 days ago
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Punched cards predate electronic computers by a long way. They were used in the Jacquard loom (1804) and Hollerith tabulating machines (1889). Other paper instruction storage included paper rolls, used for weaving by Bouchon (1725) and for playing music by Gavioli (1892). IBM introduced the 80 column punched card in 1928, and that's what computers have been using until recently. Gavioli's book music is a precursor of MIDI. |
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