4 Mar
2009
4 Mar
'09
1:07 p.m.
On 4 Mar 2009 at 12:52, Fred Cisin wrote:
The IBM interpreter, for printing on already punched
cards, did not
attempt to print 80 column! Its input was 80 column cards; its output was
the same cards, with up to 60 columns of printing.
A 557 could do 80 columns in 2 rows (usually 60/20, but that was
programmable). Another "interesting" feature was that the character
set was very limited. Learning to read a 557 interpreted program
deck with non alphameric characters was an acquired skill.
Cheers,
Chuck