20 Dec
2023
20 Dec
'23
6:15 a.m.
Thank you for this, I never knew how this worked. My experience as an
IBM 360 (USC-ECL) operator was brief and I never got into the nuts and
bolts.
I vaguely recall, as a teen, taking a tour of a DEC-10 shop in about
1970 in Portland. Their printer played "Anchors Aweigh" and I never knew
how. But now I wonder - does this mean they had an IBM 1403 connected to
a DEC 10 somehow?
Thanks,
/Mary Ann Horton/ (she/her/ma'am)
maryannhorton.com <https://maryannhorton.com>
On 12/19/23 15:52, Bakul Shah wrote:
On Dec 19, 2023, at 1:31 PM, Paul
Winalski<paul.winalski(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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.
I couldn't find "Anchors Aweigh" but I did find "La
Marseillaise":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe0MGO17K10
[For the curious & easily distracted among us....]