5 Apr
2010
5 Apr
'10
5:38 p.m.
On 5 Apr 2010 at 13:25, Fred Cisin wrote:
I never used an 084, either. Vacuum? photocell??
2000 CPM??? WOW!
Must have been 082s. Were there any earlier minimal models without
counters? ISTR some elation over upgrade.
I went to the bitsavers document on the 082, 083 and 084 sorters.
The counter was an option for all three--it could count total read as
well as the number in each pocket. There were some other fancy
options, including alpha sort and a 10-column brush with a mini
plugboard for the 082 and 083 to do all manner of fancy combination
sorts. I never saw any of the esoteric options.
The 084 had a 3600-card feed hopper. That means that the beast would
empty it in less than 2 minutes! The operating notes state that you
didn't need to "joggle" the cards (another IBM term) on the 084 as it
was "self-joggling".
Cheers,
Chuck