29 Jan
2023
29 Jan
'23
5:25 a.m.
On 1/28/23 20:20, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:
The keyboard on a 1052 is a keypunch keyboard I
believe it is the same
as the 029. The printer in the 1052 is a keyboardless Selectric with no
tab rack and they spaced via a cam on the OP shaft instead of taking a
cycle. The ones I saw on a couple 360s (22 and 25) the space cam was so
worn it wobbled when it took a cycle, but the customer would never let
us do anything with it as long as it worked because they could not do
anything with out the console.
Was the 1052 more or less durable than the model B adapted for the 1620?
With its movable carriage, it always seemed to be in danger of
self-destructing--the thing would shake a bit then a carriage return was
executed.
--Chuck