On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:39:26 -0500, efinnell15 wrote: >http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/ibm/140x/GA24-3073-8_1403_printer.pdf > >Found this on bitsavers. I remember the lid would come open when the paper ran >out, normally right after the shift supervisor put their beverage cup on it. >The ribbon stopped along with the paper when overprinting. If done with gusto, > You mean, like, Snoopy Dog calendars, or the things operators printed off-shift?
>overprinting would saw the ribbon in two. > WAD? For shame! >The paper tapes for forms control were like gold with special forms. In a >pinch could be duplicated with a hole punch and cellophane tape. > A CDC (IIRC) printer used conventional 8-channel Teletype tape. Perhaps not as durable, but more readily duplicated and replaced. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
