Re: DD workstations

[Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Larry,

My pick would be the MONSTER IBM 6262. It had a line counter on it and after 5
years we had - if memory serves me correctly and it may not <G> - 20 or 30 
MILLION
lines printed and that was at 1200 lines a minute !!!

Chuck

Larry Bolhuis wrote:

> My candidate for the most durable printer made is the DD 6807 Band Printer.
> Pounding out 600 lines a minute they will run continuously nearly forever.  My
> first experience with that thing was on a S/36 which was replacing a S/34 in
> 1984.  That printer, though having printed on several small forests, still
> prints on to this day!  I also know of at least 4 other copies of that same
> printer still going in production environments.
>
> Honorary mention to the Printronix P150 'shake and bake' shuttle matrix
> printers.  I know of copies of that one running for at least 12 years.  Not
> flashy but it does barcodes.
>
>  - Larry
>
> >    I can second that.  We have a DD 6703 matrix printer that we bought in
> > 1984.  It has outlasted 2 of the 3 systems its been attached to (System/36
> > 5362, AS/400 B20, and currently AS/400 436) and it's still going!  We have
> > had to replace the hydraulic lifts on the cover several times, though :)
> >
> >    -Shudders- as I realize that was 15 YEARS ago!
> >
> >    Regards,
> >
> >    - Lou Forlini
> >      Software Engineer
> >      System Support Products, Inc.
>
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> Larry Bolhuis         |
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