1 Mar
2017
1 Mar
'17
3:01 p.m.
ons 2017-03-01 klockan 16:29 -0400 skrev Paul Berger via cctalk:
On 2017-03-01 3:39 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
The classic thing is discovering due to the printer's howl that all the
requirements for one of the batch jobs wasn't done....
On 03/01/2017 11:14 AM, Charles Anthony via
cctalk wrote:
.... or the wailing of the operator when he
realizes he put the carriage
control tape on backwards of did not put down the brushes, its amazing
how much paper you can stuff under the cover of a 1403.... Part of the iconic mainframe experience is the
cold room sounds; for early
Multics installations (and other systems) the sound of the Selectric
operator's console.
There is no way that I'd wish anyone would have to put
up with the 80+
dB "white noise" of fans and vacuum pumps (tape drives), not to mention
the scream of a train printer working or a high speed card punch or the
clatter of a high-speed card reader.