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
> > >
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> "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
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