5 Apr
2011
5 Apr
'11
8:59 a.m.
In article <DF94940DE26A43109F8C009767D58C48 at RODSDEVSYSTEM>,
"Rod Smallwood" <rodsmallwood at btconnect.com> writes:
Production rate was not the limiting factor. Testing
was.
In order to avoid high warranty costs DEC used to burn in all terminals.
[...]
Printer burn in was even more impressive. Huge numbers of LA36's with a flag
attached to the head that you could see going back and forth all together
running a slide test. Easy to spot when one stopped. Lord only knows how
much paper they used up.
I wonder if anyone ever filmed or videotaped the printing terminal
testing? That would be cool!
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