From: "John W. Kennedy" Date: 2007-07-22T08:55:00+09:00 Subject: Re: Taking the bull by its horns [was background] M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > 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. Yeah, but the 1132, the line printer of the 1130, was essentially a lobotomized 407, anyway. -- John W. Kennedy "Compact is becoming contract, Man only earns and pays." -- Charles Williams. "Bors to Elayne: On the King's Coins"