I go back before that. How about an IBM 360 mod 30? 80 column card
reader/punch. If a file needed to be sorted, we had to load a deck of cards
(which were the sort program) that was about a foot thick. Somebody drooped
it once and all hell broke loose.
I started out as the 084 card sorter operator, working grave yard shift.
-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bob Schwartz
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:24 PM
To: 'rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: Reminiscing was: Indicating Total Time in Free Form when
On 1/24/2013 1:39 PM, Rory Hewitt wrote:
It's worth checking out the photo of the 1404 printer on that
Wikipedia page
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_1403_Printer_opened.jpg) - it's
a work of art - all metal, with bakelite knobs. Makes my home printer seem
very flimsy.
I worked a 1403 for many a year. Beautiful things indeed. I wonder if
that's because IBM originally rented them out? My pair of 1403 N1 printers
had a 'lines printed' counter on the back.
--buck
That was a great printer, a true work horse, even had hydraulic fluid in the
thing.
I remember the first time I had a huge stack of printed green bar reports
sitting on top of one.
And, it ran of paper and the darn top of the printer opened up on me, what a
mess.
New operator initiation ... LOL. Good days for sure though.
It was attached to an IBM 360/65 with an IBM type writer for the console.
Now, calculate the track capacity for a 3340/3348 model 70 disk drive ...
have fun.
Bob Schwartz
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