From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 3097 invoked from network); 21 Dec 2023 03:53:38 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (2600:3c01:e000:146::1) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 21 Dec 2023 03:53:38 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9994843EF8; Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:53:31 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1703130811; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=brG5TfrlIw/oXYHJrckXC5YsOSFbiir7lr5HXYtiZUg=; b=iGleX5AgYs0OZzUrxJU1xGdwRkHH0wHUbto2ErriTTt0pZiEHBndi+K0svUf1DdS4bTvv4 +aNceTdjkShgexbEyCpWGNHGojzIqNrmkJWwXYLEQ4HADeerFdfV9F3CCP6pJneuTcdUF8 hsgEHA05ivAxV2JkbrF3Pn9DNkbKcGE= Received: from qs51p00im-qukt01071701.me.com (qs51p00im-qukt01071701.me.com [17.57.155.6]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5750843EF7 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:53:25 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mac.com; s=1a1hai; t=1703130804; bh=brG5TfrlIw/oXYHJrckXC5YsOSFbiir7lr5HXYtiZUg=; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:Date:Message-Id:To; b=TMkn17n8RK/9Y9uAd3cc0dbR1DWLOoOTBwpLWXA41ihFqC5J+tJexJNR2HIfAMpUm 2HEClXaAXGPggDmoqdHYmWh9oRX6gDtiU2v4sB+fGNROJ38L87C02n447PTx9liESm IL0oXDffRQyAItoof/qBKO8WBOMVnovOLU793T4Y2muH+AKU9bHF+W419PBz62ia59 0iggKT2ExxyIT6h44azbHbHkiDRHqNki+TbxHmoBJXhbIrynzOAq0pfUn4tUONsd6z 7W67WR9bQyAxiuBzW+BKOLdsoyc59UYnf4ly7TCQ5w6crYQQEXPSYDxvTsGIsysO1s jBPSBUtTAumAA== Received: from smtpclient.apple (qs51p00im-dlb-asmtp-mailmevip.me.com [17.57.155.28]) by qs51p00im-qukt01071701.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 00CB74D00134; Thu, 21 Dec 2023 03:53:23 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3774.300.61.1.2\)) In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:53:21 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <93ef58b9-b058-4463-b0e6-d2f2f2bf5a55@loomcom.com> <76f6ae7e-20e1-41fa-9fe4-cc22015411bf@mhorton.net> To: Paul Winalski X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3774.300.61.1.2) X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: XKScuU3G_xMOZBH4jT7eFkjy6pdEWjnF X-Proofpoint-GUID: XKScuU3G_xMOZBH4jT7eFkjy6pdEWjnF X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.272,Aquarius:18.0.997,Hydra:6.0.619,FMLib:17.11.176.26 definitions=2023-12-20_15,2023-12-20_01,2023-05-22_02 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 clxscore=1011 adultscore=0 mlxlogscore=876 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.19.0-2308100000 definitions=main-2312210027 Message-ID-Hash: VRDWNRLMAY6OV5543GPAIXS6JN7DI2ZH X-Message-ID-Hash: VRDWNRLMAY6OV5543GPAIXS6JN7DI2ZH X-MailFrom: norwayjose@mac.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Compatibility question List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: Rod Bartlett via TUHS Reply-To: Rod Bartlett X-Spam: Yes > On Dec 19, 2023, at 4:31=E2=80=AFPM, Paul Winalski = wrote: >=20 >=20 > Yes, the 1403 was very loud. The pitch of the noise varied with the > sequence of characters being printed. Some IBM hacker (yes, they > existed) came up with a deck of cards that, when printed, played > "Anchors Aweigh" on the 1403. IBM field service wasn't very keen on > this hack because it put a lot of wear-and-tear on the print train. The holidays always seemed to feature people running programs which = played festive songs by punching fully laced cards or printing patterns = on the line printers. Whenever I noticed something, I'd ask the = operators to kill those programs because they could cause equipment = failures. A fully laced punch card is much more flexible and likely to = jam. Printing all columns on a printer, especially doing so without a = line feed, tends to moisten the paper which tended to gum up the print = trains. Those line printers were definitely noisy. I've got tinnitus thanks to = working around them. - Rod=