(j3.2006) Do you want a copy of this?

[Dan Nagle]

Hi,

It looks popular enough, you could post it to the j3 site,
perhaps in tutorials?

On Apr 12, 2011, at 17:13 , Bill Long wrote:

> Yes, please.  Thanks Van.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bill
> 
> 
> On 4/12/11 3:53 PM, Van Snyder wrote:
>> I've received a scan of a letter from Herman Hollerith to somebody named
>> Wilson (no first name given), dated 7 August 1919.  My friends at Haus
>> zur Geschichte der IBM Datenverarbeitung in Sindelfingen believe Wilson
>> was director of data processing at the US Census Bureau during WW II.
>> 
>> It gives some insight into how Hollerith came up with the idea for
>> punched cards, and some of the work he did between 1880 and 1919.
>> 
>> Interestingly, he mentions paper tape, and explains why he rejected it.
>> "My idea at the time was to use a strip of paper and punch the record
>> for each individual in a line across the strip.  then I ran this strip
>> over a drum and made contacts through the hole to operate counters.
>> This you see gave me an ideal automatic feed.  The trouble was however
>> that if for example you wanted any statics [sic] regarding chinamen you
>> would have to run miles of paper to count a few chinamen....  I then
>> abandoned the continuous strip and took up individual cards."
>> 
>> Let me know if you want a PDF.
>> 
> 
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Dan Nagle