From: M Douglas McIlroy <m.douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>
To: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Remember the ed thread?
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:21:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKH6PiWkX_uPwh=a7Psr=dbwW5=O_5c6rZa+L5BVD6ajwXoXqQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
> the hammer fired to make an impression the ribbon on the paper, which was
> caused the noise people associated with computer printers.
GE outdid the printer with a fantastically fast pneumatic card reader. The make
and break of the suction on each card repeated at aural frequency and so loud
that I hied off to the instrument stockroom to borrow a noise meter. It was 90db
at the operator's position.
next reply other threads:[~2021-03-29 23:22 UTC|newest]
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2021-03-29 23:21 M Douglas McIlroy [this message]
2021-03-30 3:39 ` Rich Morin
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2021-03-31 0:54 Norman Wilson
2021-03-31 1:29 ` John Cowan
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2021-03-30 23:38 ` John Cowan
2021-03-31 2:34 ` Bakul Shah
2021-03-29 15:58 Norman Wilson
2021-03-30 0:11 ` John Cowan
2021-03-29 14:34 Larry McVoy
2021-03-29 15:09 ` Anders Damsgaard
2021-03-29 15:26 ` Brantley Coile
2021-03-29 15:36 ` Mark van Atten
2021-03-29 15:43 ` Brantley Coile
2021-03-29 15:52 ` Mark van Atten
2021-03-29 15:45 ` Andy Kosela
2021-03-29 15:51 ` Clem Cole
2021-03-29 17:22 ` arnold
[not found] ` <CALMnNGgWrFRjXk5N4PgTj0_Yw3W5nCR2=CYSASM6dnqTooy8Dw@mail.gmail.com>
2021-03-30 8:53 ` arnold
2021-03-29 15:37 ` Clem Cole
2021-03-29 15:42 ` Anders Damsgaard
2021-03-29 15:49 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-29 16:01 ` Andy Kosela
2021-03-29 18:12 ` Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via TUHS
2021-03-29 16:20 ` Steve Nickolas
2021-03-29 19:50 ` Rob Pike
2021-03-29 20:50 ` Michael Usher via TUHS
2021-03-29 20:55 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-29 21:10 ` Erik E. Fair
2021-03-29 21:14 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-29 21:53 ` Clem Cole
2021-03-29 22:29 ` John P. Linderman
2021-03-30 4:30 ` Rob Pike
2021-03-30 7:37 ` Harald Arnesen
2021-03-30 15:00 ` Kenneth Goodwin
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