Not war, just awe. When I saw my first 1403 in 1976, it took me a long time to accept that the box of paper in the back could possibly have been blank.
Nigel On 7/8/06 13:45, "Daniel A. McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've seen boxes of cards, set innocently on top of a 1403, go scattering > when the paper out was hit. > I've seen the 1403 slew a whole box of paper at one time when the control > ribbon broke. > There are other war stories but those will always stay fresh. > > Makes me wonder about the cumulative total of years this list represents. > Can we say it's in the thousands? > > > > > Daniel McLaughlin > ZOS Systems Programmer > Crawford & Company > PH: 770 621 3256 > * > Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your > ground, and later, win a little more." > ? Louis L'Amour > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
