From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-07-22T02:51:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Taking the bull by its horns [was background]

Morton Goldberg wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
This was decidedly a low-budget shop. I think we got a line printer when
we upgraded to the 1130, but I don't really remember.