Sadly Bob I remember paper tape as well.Originally Posted by bobh
Youngster!
Paper tape in my early days.
My first proper job in Nat West Bank when I was past the making tea and doing the post stage was inputting the days work into a massive NCR machine which encoded a blue punch tape which was sent to a computer centre for overnight processing.
In those days if you paid money in or took it out at your own branch your account would not be updated until the following day.
If you used another branch or bank it took 3 days.
No ATM's in those day so it was useful to build up a good relationship with your local corner shop do you could cash a cheque if need be.
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