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Punch cards ftw (i.imgflip.com)
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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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[โ€“] xenspidey 70 points 5 months ago (1 children)

256GB? that's hitting on the low side

[โ€“] [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.