Re: A mere Baby (was RE: Verify Alignment after changing controllers.)

Good to know Doug,

The one we had left HAD been a great printer, but in it's latter years, that is 
when
it became a pain. The stuff that would go wrong would require the CE to do major
parts replacements because we were just wearing it out...

Chuck

Douglas Handy wrote:

> Chuck,
>
> >agree to get rid of the LAST one we had (which was NOTHING but
> >trouble)
>
> I put in a 5225-4 at a client back in Feb 1982, to use as the system printer 
>for
> a S/34.  They kept that thing through a few S/36 upgrades, then a couple of 
>400
> upgrades, and didn't get a new system printer until about 2-3 years ago.  They
> didn't retire it out of the computer room until last year.
>
> It was a workhorse, and served as a system printer for probably 17 years, even
> if it did deserve the name shake 'N bake.  But it was very reliable, even if 
>it
> didn't have very many features compared to newer printers.
>
> Doug
>
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