In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/14/2006
at 03:08 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I know, but it could also be cabled to a 70* computer and used as a
>printer and card reader, in which case it could read only 72 columns
>of each card.
There was certainly a 716[1] printer for the 7090 using a box similar
to a 407, but it was strictly[2] a printer. The 7090 used a separate
711[1] unit for a card reader.
>In contrast, the PDP-6 stored five characters per word,
The PDP-6 also stored 6 characters per word.
[1] The three digit number indicating that it was carried over from
the earlier 709.
[2] Well, it was also a clock.
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ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
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