Uploaded April 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is by far my oldest piece of computer equipment - and I am really stretching the boundaries with that claim! This is a card punch for Jacquard looms. The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 19th century, used punch cards to control the threads, resulting in intricate weaving designs made on a mass scale.
This is by far my oldest piece of computer equipment - and I am really stretching the boundaries with that claim! This is a card punch for Jacquard looms. The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 19th century, used punch cards to control the threads, resulting in intricate weaving designs made on a mass scale.
