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Tv. Good morning. Im bill worthington, it onto here at the Computer History Museum in mountain view, california. I was a programmer for the 1401. Back in the timeframe we are looking at, in the 1930s, 19 is 1950s, 1940s, each hole representing a piece of information whether a 01, 2, 0, 1, 2, 3. Or it could be alphabetic information. This is the means of storing information, it was the key for every business in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s. When i started working for a bank on the east coast where they were in need of programmers, but their business ran on punch cards, 1401s were installed. What onl...

Next hour, American History tv exclusive, our cities tour goes to san jose. We traveled to cities across the u. S. To explore their literary and historic sites. Watch more of our visit at cspan. Org citiestour. And these are bone small ivory counting sticks from the 17th century. The most recent thing we have is the iphone. When the punch card gallery and you see a replica of a census machine. What is this . Well, in 1890, the bureau of the crens us finished the 1880 crens us and the constitution requires it to be taken every 10 years. The 1890 crens us wasnt going to be completed in time. Typ...

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[inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and that concludes our live coverage from lit fest in chicago for day one. Well be back again live on sundays. Now, if you missed any of the events we covered today, theyll only air beginning at midnight eastern. [inaudible] book tv tapes hundreds of authors throughout country all year long. Heres a look at some of the empts well be covering this week on monday at Barnes Noble Book sell rs in maryland former Washington Post reporter dale quinton will be discussing his latest book one month of murder. About a homicide squad in maryland. Tuesday at the new yor...