In article <1b40a37.6eb3673.45aab...@aol.com> Edward Finnell wrote: > I started at Southern Bell Co-op student in '66 on a 33ASR writing Basic > Programs on I think it was a GE635 at one of the Banks in Atlanta.
BASIC? I think Dartmouth BASIC was created around 1964, but I didn't realize it was used in banking by 1966. > There were eight holes but the 4th from left was the sprocket feed. If > you put the tape in upside down it would saw it in two. As I recall it, there were 8 possible holes punched, and a smaller pinfeed/timing hole, on the ASR-33. In theory, the 8th data hole was to be used for parity, though the ASR-33 punched 7-bit ASCII plus an always-on 8th bit by default. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33 > > One of my early adventures was converting the Long lines accounting tapes > to punch cards on an 029. It was like cloak and dagger as to what pins did > what. We couldn't show the IBM guy our manual and he couldn't show us his. > After a couple of attempts cooler heads prevailed and the IBM guy says I'm > going for coffee and left his 029 manual open to the pin-out diagram. When > he came back the 029 was punching cards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
