ons 2017-03-01 klockan 16:29 -0400 skrev Paul Berger via cctalk: > > On 2017-03-01 3:39 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 03/01/2017 11:14 AM, Charles Anthony via cctalk wrote: > >> Part of the iconic mainframe experience is the cold room sounds; for early > >> Multics installations (and other systems) the sound of the Selectric > >> operator's console. > > There is no way that I'd wish anyone would have to put up with the 80+ > > dB "white noise" of fans and vacuum pumps (tape drives), not to mention > > the scream of a train printer working or a high speed card punch or the > > clatter of a high-speed card reader. > .... or the wailing of the operator when he realizes he put the carriage > control tape on backwards of did not put down the brushes, its amazing > how much paper you can stuff under the cover of a 1403....
The classic thing is discovering due to the printer's howl that all the requirements for one of the batch jobs wasn't done....