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========================================================================= Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 14:35:21 -0600
Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: "Tony R. Wickersham" <TWick@UWYO.EDU>
Subject: Re: card readers
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Two suggestions for Mike Williams on reading cards:
1) There are service organizations out there that may be able to do the job for you. Contact me if you need a lead.
2) You may be able to scan the cards to get the information. Usually, there was a printed character at the column-top to confirm the correctness of the punch. These could be run through OCR. If the cards lack the printed character, you **might** be able to train the OCR to recognize the punch. Lastly, a competent programmer should be able to write a program that would translate the scanned punch image(s) to character sequences.
Hope this helps,
Tony Wickersham
Computer Programmer
University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
>twick@uwyo.edu
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Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: "Tony R. Wickersham" <TWick@UWYO.EDU>
Subject: Re: card readers
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______________________________________________________________________
Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Two suggestions for Mike Williams on reading cards:
1) There are service organizations out there that may be able to do the job for you. Contact me if you need a lead.
2) You may be able to scan the cards to get the information. Usually, there was a printed character at the column-top to confirm the correctness of the punch. These could be run through OCR. If the cards lack the printed character, you **might** be able to train the OCR to recognize the punch. Lastly, a competent programmer should be able to write a program that would translate the scanned punch image(s) to character sequences.
Hope this helps,
Tony Wickersham
Computer Programmer
University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
>twick@uwyo.edu
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