Cardamation

[William Donzelli]

There is a bit of a buzz that Cardamation, the "last" place that dealt
with punch cards, has finally closed up shop.

While I do not expect any listmembers to still be using cards, I am
wondering if anyone here has a way to contact whatever remains of the
company, or its leader, Mr. Robert Swartz.

Please contact me if you have any sort of leads - I would like to see
that any old equipment and documentation gets looked over before it is
trashed.

--
Will

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[Charles Mills]

The Google sez http://www.techexpo.com/firms/cardamtn.html . That page has a
contact button for "Bob" on the main page. It indicates they are part of a
larger organization, TechExpo. No indication on the Web site that they are
shutting down.

Charles

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Of William Donzelli
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:52 AM
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Subject: Cardamation

There is a bit of a buzz that Cardamation, the "last" place that dealt with
punch cards, has finally closed up shop.

While I do not expect any listmembers to still be using cards, I am
wondering if anyone here has a way to contact whatever remains of the
company, or its leader, Mr. Robert Swartz.

Please contact me if you have any sort of leads - I would like to see that
any old equipment and documentation gets looked over before it is trashed.

[zMan]

well...610-935-9700 and 800-848-1718 seem worth a try. Or postal mail
to 1041 W Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA 19460

--
zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"

[zMan]

Except that their website is dead.

Domain doesn't expire until 2015, so that's a bad sign. Domain contact
info shows:

Nagle, Bill carda...@yahoo.com
Cardamation
PO Box 329
Phoenixville, PA 19460
US
(610) 935-9700 fax: (610) 935-7340

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zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"

[Charles Mills]

Are you saying that the fact that they do not have a Web presence means that
e-mail will not be delivered?

I was wrong about "part of a larger organization." TechExpo is a portal
site.

Charles

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Of zMan
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 7:57 AM
To: IBM-...@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: Cardamation

Except that their website is dead.

Domain doesn't expire until 2015, so that's a bad sign. Domain contact info
shows:

Nagle, Bill carda...@yahoo.com
Cardamation
PO Box 329
Phoenixville, PA 19460
US
(610) 935-9700 fax: (610) 935-7340

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Charles Mills <char...@mcn.org> wrote:
> The Google sez http://www.techexpo.com/firms/cardamtn.html . That page
> has a contact button for "Bob" on the main page. It indicates they are
> part of a larger organization, TechExpo. No indication on the Web site
> that they are shutting down.

[William Donzelli]

> well...610-935-9700 and 800-848-1718 seem worth a try. Or postal mail
> to 1041 W Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA 19460

Another computer historian said the line was disconnected (as well as
a dead website) - but maybe I should try on Monday.

[Mike Schwab]

Has anyone notified Sparkler Filters, Conroe, TX?
http://ibm-1401.info/402.html

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 8:51 AM, William Donzelli <wdon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a bit of a buzz that Cardamation, the "last" place that dealt
> with punch cards, has finally closed up shop.
>
> While I do not expect any listmembers to still be using cards, I am
> wondering if anyone here has a way to contact whatever remains of the
> company, or its leader, Mr. Robert Swartz.
>
> Please contact me if you have any sort of leads - I would like to see
> that any old equipment and documentation gets looked over before it is
> trashed.
>
> --
> Will

--

Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA
Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all?

[Andy Wood]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:52:57 -0500, William Donzelli <wdon...@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>> well...610-935-9700 and 800-848-1718 seem worth a try. Or postal mail
>> to 1041 W Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA 19460
>
>Another computer historian said the line was disconnected (as well as

>a dead website) - but maybe I should try on Monday.
>
>--
>Will


Unfortunately, he died last month:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/philly/obituary.aspx?n=robert-g-swartz&pid=155113064

[zMan]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Andy Wood <woo...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Unfortunately, he died last month:
>
> http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/philly/obituary.aspx?n=robert-g-swartz&pid=155113064

That'll do it...sigh.

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zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"

[William Donzelli]

To follow up - yes, Cardamation has shut down. The Computer History
Museum and I are working on saving interested bits that remain.

Nope, no more IBM machines there...well, maybe an 029.

--
Will

[kbe...@databankimx.com]

On Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 10:09:43 AM UTC-5, William Donzelli wrote:
> There is a bit of a buzz that Cardamation, the "last" place that dealt
> with punch cards, has finally closed up shop.
>
> While I do not expect any listmembers to still be using cards, I am
> wondering if anyone here has a way to contact whatever remains of the
> company, or its leader, Mr. Robert Swartz.
>
> Please contact me if you have any sort of leads - I would like to see
> that any old equipment and documentation gets looked over before it is
> trashed

> Will
>
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Hello!

I am looking for any Cardamation equipment and/or parts.
Please let me know if you can help.

Thank you!
Kathy