1401N1 printer (the big beast) raised its hood automatically when it ran out of paper, no way to turn off that behavior. NEVER put your coffee cup on top of that printer!!
Peter From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 10:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Kinda fun I'm trying to remember, 'cause I was a $HASP operator, briefly, back in college. Let's see, that was a drum printer (not a chain). But why would the hood be pushed up when it ran out of paper? I can't picture what would be going on there. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com<mailto:robhbrid...@gmail.com>, cell 336 382-7313 /* If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it is free! -P J O'Rourke */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU<mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>> On Behalf Of Cameron Conacher Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 10:38 Anyone else recall…. Have the HASP operator read your JOB Deck, Walking over to the printer to collect your output Waiting for the output, and setting your card deck on the printer The printer running out of paper and the hood rises up Your card deck is spilled all over the floor -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
