Long shot: do I know anybody in Europe who can provide two dozen 12 row, 80 column punch cards, preferably punched with a specific text?

armando@rollenspiel.social

@jpmens I would probably ask https://www.hnf.de. And as you did the apprenticeship at Nixdorf they might even have some specials for you.

jpmens@mastodon.social

@armando I beat you to it, but thank you for the idea.

Indeed we will be meeting up there on the day.

(If you've not been to HNF, it's really worth a visit if you are in the vicinity.)

armando@rollenspiel.social

@jpmens yes, I want to go there. Hadn’t had the opportunity to go. Next time I’m in the vicinity I’ll probably get to make a stay.

jpmens@mastodon.social

I herewith award @Katti "Resercher Extraordinaire" award for this find: 4.5 kgs of punch cards!)

They're not _quite_ what I want them to look like, but close, but the punching might be an issue..)

stiefkind@mastodon.social

@jpmens Maybe @filid of datArena in Munich can help with connections for punching. Although I'm quite sure, currently there only are IBM 029 card punches available in working condition, no automated punch fpr batches of cards. So each card needs to be punched more or less manually. Despite the fact, that @filid recently relocated away from Munich towards Balric Sea, which might makes things more complicated.

moschlar@mastodon.social

@jpmens Also ich bin mir sicher, dass wir in den Altbeständen des Rechenzentrums der #unimainz noch welche haben. Die könnte ich gegen Porto versenden - die werden hier nur als Notizzettel genutzt. Wenn die anderen Angebote zu umfangreich sind?