Ask HN: How to start programming with Punched Card

Hi,

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

Thank you

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/

buescher 4y

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

steve_coral 4y

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

PaulHoule 4y

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

kleer001 4y

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?

eatonphil 4y

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