Re: Is ProDOS supported in OSX?

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <I2GdnUBABKlVZ2SjXTWc-g@speakeasy.net>,
Matthew Russotto <russotto@grace.speakeasy.net> wrote:
>In article <bdcotq$gkb$1@merope.saaf.se>, Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote:
>>Well, the format for punched cards is well-documented too.  So what
>>would you do if you received a large deck of punched cards which
>>contained data you wanted?
>> 
>>1. Try to locate some punched card reader you could use?
>> 
>>2. Read the specification in books and implement a new card reader
>>from scratch?
>
>1) or 2).  Or 2a, read 'em by hand (or get grad students to do it, if
>the theoretical "you" is  a professor :-) ).  Punched cards are
>_easy_.  Magtape is not so easy, but still easier than a CD.

With a scanner with an ADF, I'd think that you could automate most of the
process of reading in punched cards.  It won't be as fast as a card reader,
but it'd be faster than anything that would involve manual intervention. 
(Maybe it'd even do a better job with lace cards than a card reader. :-) )

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