IT History Society on Mythryl: “Knitting machine punch cards are one of the few strands of computing…”

Knitting machine punch cards are one of the few strands of computing history still in everyday use — Nichole Misako Nomura's essay on reading and preserving them is well worth your time. See also Jacquard and his programmable looms: ithistory.org/honoree/jose...

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Knitting machine punch cards are a living form of computing history. 🧶💾 In "Punch Card Knitting," Nichole Misako Nomura explores how these binary codes are still used today, and the challenges of preserving them. 📚 Read it in VANISHING CULTURE, FREE: archive.org/details/vani...

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