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Peter Bindels

@loke @thomasfuchs Punch card containers hold 2000 cards, a card holds effectively 80 bytes or 80 * 12 bits of raw data. That's 160kB per punch card box of effective data.

A punch card takes about 10% of the space (volumetric wise) of a 360k floppy disk though, making it about 450x less information dense. Storing MS Flight Sim on punch cards would therefore take about 20-30 regular sized houses.

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Elias MÃ¥rtenson

@dascandy42 @thomasfuchs Except for the fact that the volume of a "regular house" depends highly on where you live, it does sound legit. Thanks for the calculation.

Peter Bindels

@loke @thomasfuchs It's why I used the range. I assumed a house would be between 400 and 600 cubic meters, corresponding to ~100-150 square meters or 1100-1650 square feet.

And yes, that's wrong for some regions, but I think average-ish.

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