Face down, Nine edge first

(thing) by RubberMeat Thu Feb 15 2001 at 0:54:34
Face down, nine-edge first is the proper way to insert card decks in the IBM 1402 and 1622 punch card readers. I first heard this phrase used in a nerd poem entitled, The Last Bug:

He died at the console,
of hunger and thirst.
Next day he was buried,
Face down, Nine edge first.

-From The Last Bug
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