Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

Kyle Owen kylevowen at gmail.com
Thu May 17 09:16:58 CDT 2018


On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 9:11 AM, geneb via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> On Thu, 17 May 2018, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 May 2018, geneb wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 16 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote:
>>>
>>> OK  I  see there is a  mix  of  photos in this  directory!
>>>> some  tape  reader  some  drum  2  separate  topics.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Ed, I don't know if you (or anyone else) can see this, but there's two
>>> junk characters at the end of every word you write.  I see it in Alpine and
>>> it makes your text nearly unreadable. :)
>>>
>>
>> I use Alpine, too, but I only see two spaces after each word, but yes, Ed
>> has the talent to write illegible postings ;-)
>>
>
> Understatement of the century. :)  It varies. Sometimes it's interspersed
> with garbage, sometimes it's multiple spaces.


Sometimes it's ALL CAPS. Maybe Ed has a Model 26 Teletype hooked up in lieu
of his computer's keyboard?

Kyle


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