9 May
2004
9 May
'04
10:49 p.m.
The "first" key-to-tape. A pretty useful
device, really, for that era.
Tap data directly to tape and then load it onto the mainframe.
Are you sure it was the "first" (good use of Quites, by the way)? I am
pretty sure IBM had them for some time.
But are you sure it's 7-track? I haven't been
able to tell for sure on
mine because the head is tucked away such that you can't really see the
surface.
I can look again, but I am pretty certain I saw only seven things on the
head. I don't know if this is important, but these are ex-Western Union
machines, and they liked to be difficult. Perhaps a special oder from MDS?
How come RCS/RI doesn't want this? It's a
nice piece of old iron.
Space.
Hopefully someone gets it (someone other than the
scrapman). Yours and
mine are the only ones I know of, though I'm sure there are at least a few
more still in existence.
I actually have two. I am getting rid of the "spare".
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org