Just for fun: x026
x026 is an IBM 026 Keypunch Emulator for
the X Window System.
Features
- Requires slow, deliberate typing or input will be lost (typeahead can
be enabled if you insist)
- Overpunches available by backspacing or holding down Alt or
Meta
- Tab set for FORTRAN
- Automatic sequence numbers in columns 73-80 (can be disabled)
- Paste X11 selection with middle mouse button
- Can save deck in file, either in ASCII or in Douglas Jones's standard
format
- Can select from several card and keypunch types
Source Code
The source for x026 is here.
Keypunch Links
For lots of information on punched cards (including the images used to
construct x026), try Douglas Jones's
Punched Card Collection.
For a picture of a real 029 keypunch, try
Ed Thelen's Antique Computers page.
Ongoing Development
I used a real 026, once, sometime around 1976. I don't recall many
of the specifics. I would appreciate any help to make the emulation more accurate
-- contact me with manuals, anecdotes,
complaints, etc.