[OT] paper on Retro ?

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Mon Oct 21 08:06:01 2002

It sounds likean IBM 3740. We have one. there was also a single
operator version, but I can't recall the number 37xx, I think

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Ron Hudson wrote:

>
> On Sunday, October 20, 2002, at 04:07 PM, Gary Oliver wrote:
> >
> > I seem to recall seeing some (non IBM) key-to-disk machines that
> > operated
> > like a keypunch but it produced one card image per sector on those 8
> > inch
> > floppies. Anyone know who made these? Was it IBM and if so, what was
> > the equipment designation?
> >
> Near 1980, I worked for CETA a federally run job training / placement
> operation. I help train people in Data Entry/Keypunch. We had about 8
> of these machines (and two card punches too)
>
> Tab made one of them, two users would sit facing each other, each with
> their own 8" drive to their right, 4x80 screen in front was actually
> 1/2 of a crt displayed with mirrors, They must have had two character
> sets because the information displayed on the screen is upside-down
> with relation to the other operator.
>
> You could program these machine the same way you can program later
> cardpunches, with fields that duplicate and numeric fields and alpha
> fields, These machine could add new records or verify existing records.
>
>

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

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