[Info-vax] OT: Halt and Catch Fire

[Alan Frisbie]

On 06/04/2015 02:22 PM, terry+googleblog at tmk.com wrote:

 > RSC is only implemented by the IBM 2560 MFCM (officially
 > "MultiFunction Card Machine", but more commonly known as the
 > "Mother-F****** Card Mangler") due to its 2 input hoppers,
 > 5 output stackers, and the non-deterministic path between them,
 > where a card might randomly encounter a read station, a punch
 > station, or an interpretation station.

Our local euphemism for it was "Mother Fletcher's Card Mulcher."
I don't think I ever saw one that wasn't attached to a S/360-20.
They were a great match for each other (said in a very disparaging
tone).