Re: History

[Neil Palmer <NPalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat Barber wrote:
> 
> You want old history:
> 
> What is a MFCU & what did it attach to ???????

5424 MFCU attached to S/3.  2 Hoppers, 5 stackers.
Two models - one double the speed of the other, I believe changed by an
internal switch, so you would order the cheaper model that had a lower
maintenance cost, and after breaking it you would set the switch back
before calling IBM service.  :-)

> 
> What was it's primary purpose ??????

To read 96 column cards at enormous speeds and see how big a card jam it
could create by cramming several cards into the same point in the
time-space continuum.

What do I win Jay ?



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