Display-less computing was Re: TOP POSTING

Charlie Carothers csquared3 at tx.rr.com
Mon Dec 14 11:33:27 CST 2015


On 12/13/2015 2:44 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
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> I've heard from a couple of CEs that the loathing for the 557 was legend.
Legend has it that someone once turned in a suggestion form at IBM 
saying that the Cardatype(sp?) plant should be bombed with 557s. :-)

Charlie C.

>
> And while you were there with the UR gear; sorters, reproducing 
> punches, interpreters, collators, you'd make a stop by the 407 
> accounting machine set up to do 80-80 listings so you'd have a printed 
> version of your card deck to mark up with your blunders.
>
> --Chuck
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