[GreenKeys] The Model 33 ASR

[Robert Jarratt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:greenkeys-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
> Sent: 30 November 2013 21:47
> To: Chris Elmquist
> Cc: Jim Haynes; greenkeys
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] The Model 33 ASR
> 
> On 30 November 2013 10:25, Chris Elmquist <chrise at pobox.com> wrote:
> > I have an Anderson-Jacobson branded '33 here that has a slashed-O type
> > cylinder in it. It also has the AJ acoustic coupler built in the right
> > side and was used for dialup to some IBM timeshare system.
> >
> > I think the IBM folks were the ones that liked slashed-O.
> >
> That makes a lot of sense actually. IBM was always being different.
> "Hmm, we *COULD* use the character set developed as a standard; nah,
> let's just continue extending card code! Hello, EBCDIC."
> 
> Though, come the 5150 (IBM PC), they were doing slashed-0.
> 
> 
> DEC I'm pretty sure stuck with slashed-0 the entire time, though the
> PDP-1 may or may not have been an exception -- it's oper. console was an
> IBM Model B typewriter, so it may or may not have had any slashes at all.
> 

I am from the DEC world and I always remember the zero being the one with
the slash. Never heard of the oh being slashed, but then again never really
used IBM stuff.

Regards

Rob