Never had the pleasure myself but my dad worked for a manufacturer of punch card machines and told me about a service call where he got the contractually minimum 4 hours pay for walking in, dumping out the bucket and leaving. They had been specifically asked whether the “chip bin full” light was on. It was.
You had to empty the bit bucket once in a while.
Punch card chaff?
Bingo
Never had the pleasure myself but my dad worked for a manufacturer of punch card machines and told me about a service call where he got the contractually minimum 4 hours pay for walking in, dumping out the bucket and leaving. They had been specifically asked whether the “chip bin full” light was on. It was.