Ok, so some of us have to dredge a bit deep into the memory for this, I worked with a DSTN system (hybrid electro/mechanical "computer") for data communications around 1968, followed by the IBM 360/20 mainframe and then the Univac DCT 9000,  I still recall the horrible experience of dropping the main programming card deck and trying to put the 200-300 punch cards back in sequence. I ended up with the task of re-punching the deck as the several "backup" decks all seemed to be incomplete (different card counts on each!). 

John Guthrie, CDIA+, ECMp
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"The first computer I used was a library computer in about 1977.  I was a work-study student for the ILL (Inter-Library Loan) department of the Michener Library at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. . . "

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