1403, not 1401. And 1443 (?). I had a client that had a 1403 variant that was a little slower but included a 16-or-so column card reader. You could print invoices on pre-punched cards and read the punching to make sure you were printing on the right card (no spool, obviously). It printed on "160-column" cards, that is, two 80-column cards with a tearable fold in the middle. One-half was the document the customer returned with a check; one half was for his records.
1401 was a processor, not a printer, the "commercial" machine that preceded the 360, the "all-purpose" computer. (70xx was the "scientific" series.) Agree on the 3211. There is just zero doubt in my mind that the 1403 printer used a "special" (not TTY-like) paper tape, solely for carriage control, not "data." Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vernooij, Kees (ITOPT1) - KLM Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 7:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Paper tape (was Re: Hidden Figures) Gil: That is not how I remember it at all. The Carriage tape on a 1403/3211(?) was just for that machine. i.e. skip to channel x As I have said before I do not ever remember seeing any IBM device or computer that had a paper tape reader/writer. This goes back to the 360’s . I just got off the phone with a friend and he does not remember it for the 14xx either. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1403/3211? It was for the 1401/1403. You had to load it during setup. In Dutch: 'het bandje' or 'the strap'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
