It would use magnetic-tape storage to replace punched data cards and printers to list the content of the tape.

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To keep answers constant, a FORBES writer played the role of David Ernest and punched the data into the Quicken programs.

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In a competition between them it took 72 hours to record all the data on to Hollerith's punched cards, which was not vastly faster than the 144 hours and 100 hours taken by the other two machines.

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