On 12/21/2024 11:41 AM, CAREY SCHUG via cctalk wrote:
my recollection from being a computer operator at the time was the the earlier
1403s did NOT have an interchangeable chain.
Also curious if any 1404 printers still exist. They were wider and you could
shift the print mechanism to the side where there was a mechanisms to print on
tabulating cards, one or two at a time.
<pre>--Carey</pre>
The older 1403's did have a *feature* one could order so that print
chains were interchangeable. So, presumably not all 1403's were ordered
that way. But the IBM 1403 on the IBM 1410 ordered for the U. Wisconsin
Registrar, and later used at the UW School of Business did have that
chain interchange feature. The chain came in a wooden box.
JRJ
