From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2007-07-22T02:38:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Taking the bull by its horns [was background]

On Jul 21, 2007, at 12:45 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> When I worked in a 1620 shop, we had a 407 to generate the reports  
> from
> punched cards out of the 1620.

A 407? I used one of those to print punched card output from the 650.  
I remember it as an early to mid 1950s accounting machine which was  
programmed by means of huge patch panels. Wasn't a 407 a bit retro in  
the 1620 era? I think IBM offered a some kind of real line printer  
for the 1620, but since my company never got one, I don't remember  
any details.

Regards, Morton