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From: haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (Jim Haynes)
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Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
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Date: 7 Feb 89 05:07:12 GMT
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In article <3292@ima.ima.isc.com> johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) writes:
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>In another case, we experimented with the carriage control tape...  We tried
>various combinations and everything worked just fine until we tried a skip to
>channel 12.  Unfortunately, there weren't any punches in column 12, so the
>paper just whizzed through the printer at full speed.

Some other manufacturers were a little more perspicuous, or maybe they had
real-world experience with less-reliable carriage control tape readers.
The Burroughs printers (mid 60s vintage) had a timer that would stop
feeding paper after a few seconds of spewing.
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