Re: [expert] OT: harddrive flashback

[Pierre Fortin]

Deryk Barker wrote:
> 

> But my favourite speed, nopt that I ever used it, but it was in all
> the books, was 134.5 baud. I seem to recall this speed was used by the
> comms version of the IBM Selectric typewriter, which was used as a
> mainframe console. (I suspect they were aiming for 135 - or maybe 150,
> which was another standard rate - and missed).

those were the 2740, and 2741 which had a paper tape option.

'nuf history; so no one bring up <deleted>...  plz!  :^)

G'nite,
Pierre