>>Craig,
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>>First of all, are you asserting that you're a 'kiddie'? <g>
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>Mentally, yes.
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>>I thought you were older than that. <g>
>>
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>Physically, yes.

Not really, Craig.
Punched card came in 80 (columns most by far) and 96 columns (system 36 I think) formats.
When used for hand-punch (like in Fla. voting machines) or for mark-sensing then 40 columns was the norm.

Cheers