Cool. I guessing system 36 and the AS400 replaced that?
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/System_3_punch_card.jpg/721px-System_3_punch_card.jpg)
So many punches just to spell "ZORCH IT'S A SYSTEM 3" - I don't understand the values beneath the letters. They aren't sequential.
B-A-8-4-2-1...............
B,A, 4, 1 would be the letter "E". 4,2 would be the number "6". The B and A punches were needed to extend the code for the 26 alpha and selected special characters. If you look at the A, B and numerical punches, and the corresponding letter, you can decipher it.