[Head to ​https://www.squarespace.com/nostalgia... to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code NOSTALGIANERD] Welcome to the world of PIPE symbols, vertical lines and bars. Why are there two pipe symbols on a computer keyboard? Why are there two vertical lines on keyboards? Why does a solid line produce a broken line? ASCII? What does Ascii and character sets have to do with this? Why is the bar broken? Why is it no longer broken? What does ANY of this mean. Find out within (disclaimer: this video might actually confuse you more than you are right now).

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Punched tape:    • Paper tape punch testing  
IBM 029:    • 1964 IBM 029 Keypunch Card Punching D...  
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