4 Mar
2009
4 Mar
'09
7:35 p.m.
On 4 Mar 2009 at 14:51, Fred Cisin wrote:
Close.
But you don't really want to have to punch a new deck.
Depends on what options your 029 had installed (those function
switches above the keyboard). Some models allowed you to use them as
an interpreter.
A deadly-slow and noisy process, but better than nothing. The 557
could do, IIRC, something like 100 cpm, which was almost enough to
endure the funky 60-column output.
What I don't recall is if the 029 interpret feature could work under
control of a drum card. You could simply interpret the sequence
columns and get an 80-80 list on the 407, then later match them up.
The point of duping a deck was to add sequence numbers, no? Stick
your original deck in the 519 set up for sequence punching and then
interpret the result.
That way, you didn't feel too bad when the cart carrying the trays
that made up your Pride and Joy hit one of those filler strips in the
raised floor and spilled them all over the place.
Cheers,
Chuck