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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: 1403 Printers  (was Re: IBM 1130 Nostalgia)
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Date: Tue, 10-Feb-87 16:13:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 10 16:13:40 1987
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> ... and a 1403-N1 printer.  I think the CE's referred
> to the N1 designation as "Nancy One".  Anyway, it had a "soundproof"
> cover that was raised and lowered with buttons (motorized or hydraulic, I
> don't remember which).  It was noisy with the top down; you didn't want
> to run it very long with the top raised.

Ah yes, the N1.  The printer that automatically raised its cover when it
ran out of paper.  The way you could tell a novice user of the RJE facility
back home was that he ran his cards through and then plopped the deck down
anywhere on top of the printer while waiting for his output.  The experienced
users all carefully put *their* decks down on the fixed part of the cover,
so the cards wouldn't get dumped onto the floor behind the printer if it ran
out of paper at the wrong moment...

The rise in noise level when the cover lifted was really quite impressive,
even when the printer was idle.  There was a story told about someone being
asked for help by a panicky freshman who gasped "it opened its mouth and
screamed at me!".
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