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==Virtual Punched Card (and Paper Stripe) Museum==
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==Storing information by punching holes into flat media==
On looms, mechanical music instruments, telex paper stripes


Before the 1970, programming and data entry was done - if not by manual entry on a switchboard - via punched cards. One line with up to 80 characters on one card: that made a nice pile for 300 lines of programming code or data.
Before the 1970, programming and data entry was done - if not by manual entry on a switchboard - via punched cards. One line with up to 80 characters on one card: that made a nice pile for 300 lines of programming code or data.


[http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php Cardpunch] on kloth.net is a nice emulator for card punching.
The project has several branches:
===[http://www.punctum.com/interest/punch/index.en.html Virtual Punched Card Museum]===
This is in its 2nd stage, with about 400 punched cards shown, distributed over a set of application areas. Still missing are the cards donated by american collectors, and the non-card items (paper stripe, loom ribbon, mechanical music media, hotel keys etc.
===Key punch emulator===
On the Internet:
* [http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php Cardpunch] on kloth.net
* [http://www.masswerk.at/keypunch/ keypunch at masswerk.at]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnnGbcM-H8c 1964 IBM 029 Keypunch Card Punching Demonstration] video
* [http://x3270.bgp.nu/x026.html IBM 026 emulator], but it must be compiled under Unix for the X Window system
The new emulator should be implemented in JavaScript. Desired features would be:
* Usage of the card images from the virtual museum
* Generation of an image which can be printed with proper diemensions
* Selection of code sets
* Overpunching
* Realistic sound of an IBM 029
* Usage of a tabulation card
* [http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/cardint.htm Precise dimensions]
===Punch Card Reader===
Again, there are services on the Internet which do this, for piles of card images, and not too cheap.
* [http://codeincluded.blogspot.de/2012/07/punchcard-reader-software.html?m=1 Punchcard Reader in Python]; I could not get it running]
* [http://tyleregeto.com/article/punch-card-emulator Emulator for single holes]
* [https://rawgit.com/sgsinclair/epistemologica/master/punchcard.html Javascript for a complete card], corresponding [http://stefansinclair.name/punchcard/ description]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcwxW2ne-UU Homemade IBM 80 Column Punch Card Reader]. This is a homemade Arduino/CHDK/Python/Linux based IBM 80 Column Punch Card Reader. The cards are imaged by the camera under control of the Arduino and CHDK. The sdcard is transferred to Linux and the images are processed into text by a python script. More info/designs/software at [http://codeincluded.blogspot.com codeincluded.blogspot.com].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6auO8djKRrM Arduino punched card reader]


For a start, there are [http://www.punctum.com/interest/punch/index.en.html 6 sample images] of punched cards.
The new emulator in JavaScript should have the following features:
* Recognize the card in a larger image, which may be a bit distorted.
* Use front and rear images
* Selection of codes
* Show grid of theoretic hole positions
 
===Paper Stripe Puncher===
I still have a working Siemens Fernschreiber 100 with user manual. On my 70th birthday I got the connection hardware from [https://daduke.org/tty/ daduke]. The machine will punch manually, but it is rather slow. There is a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uGzELHsYl0 video] for the sound of a Siemens T100.
 
I also have 2 highspeed GNT 3601 punching devices sitting there since many years. The [http://isp.ljm.free.fr/manuels/num/fr/opertgfr.pdf manual (in French)] says on page 387:
Liaison perforateur GNT
PERFORATEUR  CN NUM
Connecteur  Connecteur
SUB.D māle  SUB.D māle
25 broches  9, 15 ou 25 broches
              DCD -+
RD  -------  TD  |
GND --------- GND  |
DTR --------  CTS -+
 
Signal SUB.D 25 broches (coté GNT)
RD  3
DTR 20
GND  7
You can see it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PblXXQ7CWKg in action].
===JavaScript programming ===
Make images in <canvas> move with javascript keyboard input?
* [https://jsfiddle.net/uu4jqpqy/1/ Javascript image redraw on cursor left/right], question on [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31344593/make-images-in-canvas-move-with-javascript-keyboard-input stackoverflow.com]
* Page flipping with Javascript: [https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/casestudies/20things_pageflip/ 20things_pageflip]
===Python ===
* [https://github.com/chrishumphreys/p2j Python to Java translator] (in Python);  [http://home.wlu.edu/~lambertk/pythontojava/ From Python to Java] (explanations)
* [ftp://linuxmafia.com/kb/Devtools/python-to-perl-conversions.html Comparision Python - Perl]

Latest revision as of 07:28, 18 July 2017

Storing information by punching holes into flat media

On looms, mechanical music instruments, telex paper stripes

Before the 1970, programming and data entry was done - if not by manual entry on a switchboard - via punched cards. One line with up to 80 characters on one card: that made a nice pile for 300 lines of programming code or data.

The project has several branches:

Virtual Punched Card Museum

This is in its 2nd stage, with about 400 punched cards shown, distributed over a set of application areas. Still missing are the cards donated by american collectors, and the non-card items (paper stripe, loom ribbon, mechanical music media, hotel keys etc.

Key punch emulator

On the Internet:

The new emulator should be implemented in JavaScript. Desired features would be:

  • Usage of the card images from the virtual museum
  • Generation of an image which can be printed with proper diemensions
  • Selection of code sets
  • Overpunching
  • Realistic sound of an IBM 029
  • Usage of a tabulation card
  • Precise dimensions

Punch Card Reader

Again, there are services on the Internet which do this, for piles of card images, and not too cheap.

The new emulator in JavaScript should have the following features:

  • Recognize the card in a larger image, which may be a bit distorted.
  • Use front and rear images
  • Selection of codes
  • Show grid of theoretic hole positions

Paper Stripe Puncher

I still have a working Siemens Fernschreiber 100 with user manual. On my 70th birthday I got the connection hardware from daduke. The machine will punch manually, but it is rather slow. There is a video for the sound of a Siemens T100.

I also have 2 highspeed GNT 3601 punching devices sitting there since many years. The manual (in French) says on page 387: 

Liaison perforateur GNT
PERFORATEUR  CN NUM
Connecteur   Connecteur 
SUB.D māle   SUB.D māle
25 broches   9, 15 ou 25 broches
              DCD -+
RD  -------   TD   |
GND --------- GND  |
DTR --------  CTS -+

Signal SUB.D 25 broches (coté GNT)
RD   3
DTR 20
GND  7

You can see it in action.

JavaScript programming

Make images in <canvas> move with javascript keyboard input?

Python

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