Re: Is ProDOS supported in OSX?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

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?
>> 
>>3. Give up?
> 
> 1) or 2).  Or 2a, read 'em by hand (or get grad students to do it, if
> the theoretical "you" is  a professor :-) ).
 
So grad students are nothing but free slave labour?   <g>
 
Anyway, decoding punched cards by hand have some disadvantages:
 
1. It's slow and tedious --- ok, that's a problem for your slaves though..
 
2. It's error prone.  You'll actually have to read it twice and then
compare the two readings; if they mismatch you need to do a third reading
to determine which one was right (or if both were in error....).
 
> Punched cards are _easy_.  Magtape is not so easy, but still easier
> than a CD.
 
True....
 
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