#029 variants (was: IBM 557 Alphabetic Interpreter??

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Tue Mar 30 19:20:56 1999

On Mar 30, 14:14, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> Subject: #029 variants (was: IBM 557 Alphabetic Interpreter??
> In addition to the rare "Interpreter punch", there was also a quite a bit
> less rare variant, the "Verifier". It would READ a card as the operator
> typed. If the card and keyboard didn't match, (IIRC after a couple of
> tries) it would put a notch in the top of the card at the point of
> discrepancy. If everything matched, it would put a notch in the side of
> the card, as testimony to it having been checked.

Yes, we had a few of those -- almost all reserved for "specialist
operators".

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York

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