IBM 029 progress

At University (UT-Arlington) we had scores of former IBM 026 keypunches from MAI that were refreshed, painted blue (from IBM 026 battleship grey), and (I think) refitted with 029 character set. Lee Courtney --- On Sat, 6/6/09, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote: > From: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> > Subject: Re: IBM 029 progress > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 3:01 PM > On 6 Jun 2009 at 22:45, Roger Holmes > wrote: > > > Anyway a 9mm twist drill pushed up the > > empty auger hole and twisted and wiggled and a backlog > of old chads > > and strangely black cloth came out and now it punches > cleanly, or at > > least it does when the relay logic feels like it. > > Sounds great, Roger.? That black cloth may just be old > shredded > ribbon from the print mechanism. > > > --CHuck > >