[GreenKeys] Re: Purple ribbon stains

[Jim Haynes]

And if you think that's bad, try purple Inktronic ink.  There was a
saying that you could tell everywhere in the Teletype R&D building
the Inktronic project had been, by the purple stains on the floors.

Then there is the story Bill Lill tells about early work on the
Inktronic when they were still in the Wrightwood building.  He was
heating up a mixture of some solvent and the purple pigment when
the beaker broke, spilling the hot ink all over the front of him.
Since Teletype had not done any chemistry work there were no chemical
accident showers, so he tells of running through a conference room
to get to the nearest men's room to get some cold water on.

The W.U. office in my home town seemed to use black and purple printer
ribbons interchangeably at random.  I guess it was whatever the manager
ordered, or whatever the company sent out.



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