Yes, that was the 1403! --henry On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 9:39 PM, John Campbell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I seem to recall that was for the 1403. The 3211 could have different > chains. > > Mind you I've seen the first generation of IBM's laser printers whilst at > Dun & Bradstreet... closed up, it reminded me of the #1 Broadway Local. It > was intended to replace a whole lot of DataProducts printers (that used > drums for the characters). > > -soup > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:39 PM, Henry Schaffer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And, of course, you must remember programming the printout so the line > > printer played music! > > > > --henry > > > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 6:17 PM, John Campbell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > The terminfo "database", these days, is some kind of binary... and, > from > > > the source file(s), there is a program to "compile" them into a > structure > > > the curses library can just suck in as chunk and then use. > > > > > > I kinda miss the old /etc/termcap ... yes, I've been around. > > Everything > > > balances out over time... > > > > > > (chuckles) > > > > > > "When I was _your_ age, we didn't have none of these fancy graphics you > > > kids have these days... Naw, if you wanted to see pretty pictures, you > > ran > > > your job to the card punch 'n held 'em up to the light!" > > > > > > And, yeah, I recall the magtapes w/ line printer files which would > > > overprint to make pictures... ( RECFM=FBA LRECL=133 BLKSIZE=1330 ) > > > > > > -soup > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > > > -- > John R. Campbell Speaker to Machines souperb at gmail dot > com > MacOS X proved it was easier to make Unix user-friendly than to fix Windows > "It doesn't matter how well-crafted a system is to eliminate errors; > Regardless > of any and all checks and balances in place, all systems will fail > because, > somewhere, there is meat in the loop." - me > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
