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Punch cards ftw (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fun fact I found in a game...

Chip Defense (A tower defense game with a microprocessor theme)

https://f-droid.org/packages/de.chadenas.cpudefense/

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 5 months ago

TBF they also had things like tapes pretty early on, and delay lines nearly since the start. The best comparison for punch cards would be text on a screen, because they were designed for the purpose of human interaction.