4 Mar
2009
4 Mar
'09
12:15 p.m.
Trick question! ?The IBM interpreters (552,557) could
print only 60
columns across a card, because of the width of the characters. ?So if
you were doing all 80 columns, you got two rows of characters. ?Some
cards were printed with either a single 60 column legend across the
top or with 60/20 columns in 2 rows. ?Locating the actual column when
looking at the interpreter output without one of the 60 column
printed legends was "interesting".
Ah yes, I forgot that 557s could not do all 80 columns. Considering I
have two of those things you would think I would know...
--
Will