hey Mil1ion
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hey Mil1ion
hey yesterday i figured out the metal part of the dash unbolts out of all my 73-79 fords. on the back of a couple of them i found rectangular cards with numbers on them taped to the dash. they had square holes punched where some of the numbers were kinda like a time card and then have a number written on them in marker. can ya tell me wat these are and of how much importance they are.
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i wish i could get a pic of them but i cant get the software for my camera to load into the computer um the cards are about 3x8 inches manilla in color and have numbers in rows an columns. and every so often in wat looks to be no distinct pattern the numbers are ounched out by a square hole punch. they were taped under the dash of each truck 1 truck was a 77 150 2wd and the other a 78 150 4wd
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Look anything like the cards in the following reference?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...punch_card_era
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...punch_card_era
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I may be showing my age but yes it sounds like a computer punch card. What passed for a computer in the '70 would perform instructions based on the location of the holes.
I remember doing this in hi school. Complex programs would require a stack of cards to be read, in the right order of course. We used to have fun knocking the stack of cards out of calssmates hands as we walked down the hall . Then we would have to pick them up of the floor and get them back in the right order ! Or we would stick a bogus card in a classmates stack (program) and watch him try and find the fault! I guess you would call that a virus today. LOL
I don't think these cards would have any real value as they likely contain only part of what is on the build sheet and it's likely in a unknown format. Still, I'd hang on to it for nostalgia.
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I remember doing this in hi school. Complex programs would require a stack of cards to be read, in the right order of course. We used to have fun knocking the stack of cards out of calssmates hands as we walked down the hall . Then we would have to pick them up of the floor and get them back in the right order ! Or we would stick a bogus card in a classmates stack (program) and watch him try and find the fault! I guess you would call that a virus today. LOL
I don't think these cards would have any real value as they likely contain only part of what is on the build sheet and it's likely in a unknown format. Still, I'd hang on to it for nostalgia.
Frank
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yeah torque they look like the card on the top. they must have been some kind of a production card might not be worth much but i got all the other papers for my 78 250 as gpa bought it new.
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I still have stacks of punch cards for Fortran-IV programs complete with green bar tractor feed paper printouts. Last time I checked one of my programs from back in 75 was still available to run at the KU comp center. I guess Fortran still has it's uses.
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