On 5/25/2016 4:29 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Wed, 25 May 2016, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Those printers had an amazingly long life! They were first introduced
in 1959
with the 1401 computer, and, like I said, the brand spanking new
System 3
they got in ca. 1976 came with one! I wonder when IBM stopped producing
them?
Did they discontinue the most long lasting printer that they had made
The 1403 was and is a great printer, but IBM didn't make a lot of crappy
ones. We had a 6262 and a 3xxx (don't recall it) with a builtin channel
both of which were great printers too. Don't forget such as the laser
engine coupled units either. Huge messes, but could turn out amazing
volumes of printed material.
