The acid test, sinewaves ala tty

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Wed Jun 23 12:46:33 1999

> Perhaps not a true acid test, but one that reassures me as to its veracity.
> I loaded FOCAL-8 tonight from tape via the '33s reader, then typed in one
> of the example programs from the programming in Focal pamphlet that found
> the intersection of two functions and then "plotted" them using ASCII
> graphics. It all worked as expected so I'm officially declaring this setup
> revived. I also found a kind soul on the greenkeys list who will re-ink
> ASR-33 ribbons so I will have something of a supply of those. All in all I
> am quite pleased and it should make for a _much_ better VCF display running
> Focal than it did last year just running the memory test!
>
> --Chuck
>

Did you check to see if you can still buy new ASR-33 ribbons? American
Ribbon Supply company sold me a few of those about 5-6 years ago. I
dont have their adddress, but there used to be occasional advertizements
for them in Computer Shopper. Not every month, but often enough to
find it.

I have no way of knowing if they can still supply them, but I assume
they can. that was a pretty standard ribbon type, used in old
typewriters and such.

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Wed Jun 23 1999 - 12:46:33 BST