From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2007-07-21T13:28:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Taking the bull by its horns [was background]

On Jul 21, 2007, at 12:03 AM, Morton Goldberg wrote:

> ... was its propensity for throwing its console typewriter's zero  
> key across the room. The console typewriter was a pre-golf-ball  
> model with lever keys. The zero key, by far the most used key, was  
> continually fatiguing off and going airborne.

Let me say -- before somebody else points it out -- that I know the  
console typewriter wasn't designed to do the job of a line printer. I  
heard that song from the IBM maintenance guy every time he had to  
install a new zero key. The company I worked for was too cheap to by  
a line printer. We eventually got a drum plotter for the 1620, but we  
never got a real printer for it.

Regards, Morton