21 Oct
2002
21 Oct
'02
9:57 p.m.
--- Jeffrey Sharp <jss(a)subatomix.com> wrote:
On Monday, October 21, 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Speed? Poorly. The ASR33 is 10cps, the PC05 is 300cps read/50cps punch.
I have had no reliability issues with either, presuming the ASR33
is well adjusted. The trick is that there's better documentation
out there (now) for cleaning/adjusting the ASR33, but I've found
the PC05 reader to need nearly none (had to deoxidize the light
bulb holder once).
-ethan
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If you intend on using it to read in paper tapes,
you'll
want to make sure it has the standard DEC "reader run"
relay enhancment (extra circuit and current loop to let
the CPU step the reader one char at a time.
How do the ASR33 and friends compare to the PC05 in terms of speed and
reliability?