On 1/28/23 20:20, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: > The keyboard on a 1052 is a keypunch keyboard I believe it is the same > as the 029. The printer in the 1052 is a keyboardless Selectric with no > tab rack and they spaced via a cam on the OP shaft instead of taking a > cycle. The ones I saw on a couple 360s (22 and 25) the space cam was so > worn it wobbled when it took a cycle, but the customer would never let > us do anything with it as long as it worked because they could not do > anything with out the console.
Was the 1052 more or less durable than the model B adapted for the 1620? With its movable carriage, it always seemed to be in danger of self-destructing--the thing would shake a bit then a carriage return was executed. --Chuck
