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UNIVAC 9300 electronic data processing system, uncovered while being restored
+ + + UNIVAC 9200 SoftwareOften it is sheer luck that helps saving unique artifacts from scrap. In this
+case a curious student at the Goethe University discovered strange objects in a
+building and informed us. It turned out that these devices were a UNIVAC 1710
+
+card puncher and a cabinet full of punched cards containings programs for our
+UNIVAC 9200. The punch cards, about 65000 pieces, contain programs which were
+developed between 1967 and 1975 at the institute of mathematics and applied
+computer science. We will surely revive some of these old programs on our
+UNIVAC system.
+ The rescue action was actively supported by the University of Frankfurt and
+the "FITG" (Frankfurt) whon we would like to thank for their efforts.
24 boxes containing more than 65000 punch cards extend our software library
NB: One punch card can hold up to 80 characters - that makes about 80 bytes +per card. Thus 65000 cards correspond to about 5 MB which is roughly the same +amount of data that a modern digital camera produces for a single picture. +Stored on punch cards 5 MB weigh about 160 kg while the cabinet housing the +cards has a volume of about 0.5 m³ (about 500 liters of volume).
+