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madamesilverspurs

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17. Trained to run a machine

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Jun 5, 2021, 11:25 PM

Jun 2021

that sorted punch cards. Our instructor was the only one authorized to use the large keyboard machine that sent instructions to the sorter; that data was stored on a thing that always comes to mind when watching a curling match, rather looked like one of those stones.

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