I remember that! Used to dump my card boxes and listings on the floor with regularity.
I seem to picture a screw-drive driven by a dedicated motor a little bigger than a grapefruit. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 1403 at 60Hz [email protected] (Tony Thigpen) wrote: > Talked to a guy that has done several of these conversions in years > past. This is what he said: <snip> > The only motor in the 1403 ran a hydraulic pump. Should be able to > just replace the motor with a current off-the-shelf motor as speed is > not critical. There are at least two motors, one for the print train (or chain) and one for the hydraulic unit. The 1403N1 might also have a third motor for the power cover; I just can't recall how that worked now, but I think the hydraulic unit only ran the carriage (and the carriage tape assembly), and the print train motor certainly only drove the print train, so I suppose I'm leaning toward the existence of that third motor... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
