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Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens  · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him

San Francisco, Calif.
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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Nov 2017
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      How do you even touch it?

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    2. foone‏ @Foone 17 Nov 2017
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      very carefully. It helps that they're such low density, the drive can probably read right through dust and fingerprints, cause the bits are HUGE. Another fun thing is that they're not random-access. The data is in a spiral, so the whole disk is read from start to finish

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    3. David R. Greenberg‏ @CheckwDavid 17 Nov 2017
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      I would just pinch them as close to their edge as possible. Had very few failures. Could also write data to them, but on different disc from program. Load then swap.

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    4. David R. Greenberg‏ @CheckwDavid 17 Nov 2017
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      As an aside, I mostly learned BASIC back then by modifying the games in David Ahl’s book to work on P6040’s limited display and language subset. Think Lunar Lander outputting to scrolling paper tape! Burned 1 page of book trying to hold book open with a desk lamp. Hey, I was 12.

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    5. Brian Fitzpatrick‏Verified account @therealfitz 17 Nov 2017
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      Brian Fitzpatrick Retweeted Chris Espinosa

      Did you see @cdespinosa's tweetstorm earlier tonight? Check it out:https://twitter.com/cdespinosa/status/931687617787084801 …

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      Chris EspinosaVerified account @cdespinosa
      OK, a little on my history with punched cards. In 1978 I entered UC Berkeley as a freshman, and had to take Computer Science 1: Introduction to Programming in FORTRAN. Required for all CS majors. https://twitter.com/pomeranian99/status/931657563103547393 …
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    6. David R. Greenberg‏ @CheckwDavid 17 Nov 2017
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      Fascinating story. I personally only intersected w punched cards at glancing angle. My dad took a college course in PL/1 and used them. Helped him submit decks. My high school still had some old class-scheduling computers using them. No real personal use, though.

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    7. Brian Fitzpatrick‏Verified account @therealfitz 17 Nov 2017
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      My dad used them at work and my house was *swimming* in them. We used them for everything, including cutting them into strips and making chains that we hung on the Christmas tree :)

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    8. Chris Espinosa‏Verified account @cdespinosa 17 Nov 2017
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      Did you ever bend and staple the short-edge corners, arrange them as a wreath, and spray paint them green and glitter them?pic.twitter.com/YpqQe8wFMk

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    9. Brian Fitzpatrick‏Verified account @therealfitz 17 Nov 2017
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      Yes! Well, everything but the spray paint! Wow that takes me back.

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    10. Brian Fitzpatrick‏Verified account @therealfitz 17 Nov 2017
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      We also made confetti eggs with the chads...until my folks discovered that--unlike punched holes, chads did, not. come. out. of. your. hair.

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Nov 2017
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      Wait, what’s the difference between holes and chad?

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        2. Brian Fitzpatrick‏Verified account @therealfitz 17 Nov 2017
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          hole punches are round. chads are much smaller and rectangular

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 Nov 2017
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          Aaaah, I see.

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