we had one job that read cards into the middle bin, then punched totals or something into that bin too.
other times, as a college student and operator, under DOS/360 we seldom used the 2K F2 partition, so I wrote a program so, after I altered storage to ALSO assign the punch to F2, I would type in my programs and punch them to the middle bin. ran them through the interpreting card punch later. <pre>--Carey</pre> > On 12/23/2024 3:11 AM CST Nico de Jong via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > > > > The carriage control tapes had the sprocket holes dead center which > > lead to people putting them on backwards by accident and since most > > people only used a couple channels for any given form, this would lead > > to paper runaways, as would neglecting to lower the brush block after > > mounting the carriage control tape. > > > > I once saw one of the large system CEs repairing a print train that > > the customer had neglected to fill the oiler and the train seized. > > The filling the oiler was the customer's responsibility so the repair > > of the train was billable. The type slugs I saw where not coupled > > together and had helical gear teeth on the bottom that coupled with a > > gear in the train that was driven by the motor. I am not sure what > > model of 1403 this came from but it was one of the models that had > > covers that went all the way to the floor. The print trains had a > > separate machine type and I seem to recall that the customer was > > obliged to purchase them even if the 1403 was leased. The 3203 > > printer used the same print trains as 1403. > > > > Paul. > > > When I was an operator, we once had a visit from a CE who had to repair > the carriage control mechanism. In order to do that, he had to use a big > screwdriver, and of course he lost it. It hit the 1403 N1's power > supply, blew all fuses. This was not enough; the screwdrive hit > obviously the plus and minus pole of the main capacitor (it's about 55 > years ago), so the current was so large that, after the things had > cooled down, he could lift the capactor out of the printer just by > lifting the screwdriver > > It was by the way the same CE that got his tie wrapped up in the print > chain.... > > The same company once had a bunch of visitors who were allowed to visit > the machine room, which normally was a bit nono. One of the guests took > his coffeecup with him, put it on top of the 1403, and while things were > explained to the crowd, the cover lifted and .... well you can guess the > rest. He was quite pisssed off, but it was his own fault > > Another thing I'll never forget, was the 2540. It had 5 bins, and the > middle one could be used for accepting read cards and punched cards. > Once an operated started to read cards while cards were being punched, > and both routines used the middle bin. That is not to be recommended ! > > /Nico
