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  • Subject: Re: IBM Maintenance Withdrawal
  • From: Andy Perquin <aperqui@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 20:21:46 -0800

Neil Palmer wrote:
> >
> > Yes, a little while after the 056 !
> > Hey, they had an 056 keypuncher at my first part time operators job in
> > 1972 - along with 029's, those paper-tape controller remote card punch
> > comm thingies that were around 110bps, hardwired collators (085 ?),
> > reproducing punches, card interpreters, and an 80 column card sorter
> > that had vacuum tubes !!!!

You kids are having far too much fun!

By the way, I too remember a bunch of those things and had to support
customers using them in such metropolitan centers as Roseau, St.
Georges, 
Kingstown, Plymouth, Castries, Bridgetown, and Roadtown as late as 1990!
Try getting someone to help you fix one!
(When you figure out where the towns are you might not pity me quite so
much!)

I'm new to this group but sure glad I've found you! In the past 2 weeks 
I've archived about 70 messages for future reference.
Thanks for your insights and the benefit of your experience.
Andy Perquin
Brampton, Ontario
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