Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card

Posted by DoryMinh on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:31AM
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Hi,

I would like to experiment with punched card. I wonder if there is any simulated environment so I do this?

Thank you

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Re:Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card by barrettotte on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:57PM (#29542984)

I explored this a bit last year in a project for converting small snippets of RPG, COBOL, and FORTRAN to a punch card like format in https://github.com/barrettotte/punchit

https://www.masswerk.at/keypunch/ is a good tool for getting the basics of the punch card encoding scheme.

There's also a handful of people over at Hackaday that have made hardware for reading punch cards. Example: https://hackaday.com/2015/01/17/arduino-reads-punch-cards/

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Re:Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card by buescher on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:38AM (#29541199)

Have at it: http://x3270.bgp.nu/x026.html

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Re:Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card by steve_coral on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:47AM (#29548945)

Someone made an entire 3D IBM 1401 simulator. Punch cards. Flip switches. Scratch your head. Enjoy! https://rolffson.de/

Hello World example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-COOnvYTuo

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Re:Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card by PaulHoule on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:34AM (#29540481)

http://www.hercules-390.eu/

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Re:Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card by kleer001 on Monday December 13, 2021 @12:57PM (#29542195)

Oh sweet Turing's apple why?

Ha! In all seriousness, I'm curious (not judgmental). Academic? Just for fun? Lost a bet? A secret Santa gift?

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Re:Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card by eatonphil on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:53AM (#29540682)

I have been thinking about building such an environment. I'd also be curious if any exist.

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Re:Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card by justinhen21 on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:34AM (#29540472)

Not sure, How you are going to proceed with this.

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Re:Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card by leed25d on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:08PM (#29542370)

UNIVAC 1005 FTW

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