Re: Re Maintenance Withdrawal

["Jeffrey M. Silberberg" <silbrbrg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

 Yes, BUT  do you remember what the 3747 was ???  I do !!!  :-(  

On Thu, 19 Mar 1998 neil.williams@pocruises.com wrote:

>         
>      >3741 ALL             DATA STATION      
>      >3742 ALL             DUAL DATA STATION 
>      
>      I remember this stuff. Big clunky satisfying noises came out of 'em 
>      every time you hit the enter key, and an even bigger satisfying clunk 
>      when the m/c switched the floppy (8" were they?) through a few 
>      degrees.
>      
>      The screen was set into the table top facing flat upward toward the 
>      ceiling, and the characters were displayed upside down and the wrong 
>      way round. A small square box was set directly over the screen, and 
>      this held a mirror at approx 45/50 degrees over the screen. From the 
>      operators sitting position they viewed the (3 line ?) screen thru' the 
>      mirror, like a periscope in reverse. The dual one allowed two 
>      operators to sit on different sides in a sort of 'Lover's Seat' 
>      configuration.
>      
>      Ahhh the old days. '77 ?
>      
>      Neil H-W
>      
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