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  3. January 2013

Re: Indicating Total Time in Free Form when using RPG Cycle

No, but I remember the tape drive on a S/36 (or maybe an S/38) - when
loading a new tape, you had to leave several inches of spare tape hanging
down and then press the button to start the vacuum, so it could suck the
loose tape end into the machine to spool it correctly...


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Briggs, Trevor (TBriggs2) <
TBriggs2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Do you remember those S/38 printers that had a paper tape loop for the
line feed stops? Have you ever left the lid open on one of those and
then had a spool file do a line feed to a channel that didn't have a
hole in it? And watched a whole box-full of green-bar paper shoot across
the room in a graceful arc?

Trevor Briggs
Analyst/Programmer
Lincare, Inc.

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