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From: Quadibloc
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 20:59

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On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 6:24:34 AM UTC-7, Peter Flass wrote:

> I seem to recall some keypunches - maybe a "recent" UNIVAC punch - that did
> lowercase, but maybe it's just a phantom memory.

No, it could well be that such items _existed_. But they were hardly common. I 
remember hearing even of an RPQ for modifying an IBM keypunch to allow lowercase - 
but it meant the cards wouldn't be interpreted.

John Savard

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