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Old 04-14-12, 11:16 PM   #1
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Punch Card (1900-1950s)

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Old 04-15-12, 03:08 AM   #2
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What happened to the abacus and plain old paper as storage devices?

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Capacity: Approximately 2500 bytes/A4 page
What have you got against stone?
It is far more secure than paper for data storage and has a longer history.
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Old 04-15-12, 09:16 AM   #3
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What have you got against stone?
It is far more secure than paper for data storage and has a longer history.
Old techology. It takes too long to write. And it's fairly lacking in the portability department.
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Old techology. It takes too long to write. And it's fairly lacking in the portability department.
That's why we have forklifts.
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Old 04-15-12, 10:56 AM   #5
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Old techology. It takes too long to write. And it's fairly lacking in the portability department.
Strange... it seemed to work quite well in The Flintstones.
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Old 04-15-12, 09:53 AM   #6
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