Re: DD workstations

True in the "years" column !

Larry Bolhuis wrote:

> I don't dislike the 6262 but at 5 years it's just a pup!
>
>  - Larry
>
> Chuck Lewis wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Larry Bolhuis         |
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> > > lbolhui@ibm.net       |
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