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From: cdshaw@alberta.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: IBM 1130 Nostalgia
Message-ID: <210@pembina.alberta.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Feb-87 23:58:31 EST
Article-I.D.: pembina.210
Posted: Tue Feb  3 23:58:31 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Feb-87 07:23:07 EST
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Reply-To: cdshaw@pembina.UUCP (Chris Shaw)
Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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artm@phred.UUCP (Art "Faster! Faster!" Marriott) writes:
>...in addition to the interface for a 1403 printer.  The
>1403 was almost legendary for its ruggedness and performance (it would
>be considered a fairly fast printer even today) but it was also one of the
>noisiest machines ever devised by humankind, and slowly destroyed the hearing
>(and the nerves) of anyone working in the same room.

Waterloo used to have a 1401/1403 setup, bought mainly because "It had a really
nice printer". Actually there seems to be two models of 1403, one noisy and one
soundproofed. The soundproofed one is useless if you want to do self-service 
printing, though. I say "is" as opposed to "was" because until (maybe) 6 
months ago, Waterloo still had all impact-printing done on its 4-5 1403's.

The undergraduate self-serve printer has (I think) been in use continuously 
since 1963. And yes, it is a fast band printer.
-- 
Chris Shaw    cdshaw@alberta
University of Alberta
CatchPhrase: Bogus as HELL !