[GreenKeys] Ticker-tape first unveiled 1867
Dave Horsfall
dave at horsfall.org
Sun Nov 15 21:27:57 EST 2020
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> Amazing stuff! And remember high speed "chain printers?"
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_printer#Chain_printer
Ahhh, the IBM 1403 train printer... It could slew paper so fast that by
the time that the operator realised that there something was wrong with
that print job, it has chewed through an entire box...
You also quickly learned to not rest your coffee cup upon it, as it would
automatically open when out of paper.
Best printer I've ever used.
-- Dave, who accidentally mis-punched the channel tape
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