RE: IBM 1403 N1 printer -- MIDRANGE-L

How many of you ever turned on all the status lights or machine check
light on a S/38 with the 'lamp test' switch functions and then walk
away?  That was fun too.

bruce.barrett@xxxxxxxxxxxx 02/07/2007 9:19:59 AM >>>

I did.  I enjoyed the other operators look when the red ones came
on.......

Bruce Barrett
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:18 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: IBM 1403 N1 printer

A show of hands, here. How many of us ever moved those plastic cubes
covering the indicator lights around?

Paul Nelson
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Office 708-425-4198
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark S. Waterbury
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:10 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: IBM 1403 N1 printer

I think some of us are showing our age, revealing knowledge of such 
equipment. ;-)

When I was in college, they had a "Nancy-One", attached to our IBM 
System/360  -- I used to be a part-time (student) operator in the data 
center, so I got to change the paper, etc. --  but a person could not 
sleep on top of one of these; the surface area on top was to small... 
the real fun was changing the print train, for example, to mount the 
"TN" train (with upper and lower case characters), or to change the 
"carriage control" tape - a giant paper tape with holes punched in it.
;-)
Here are some nice pictures including one that looks just like the N1, 
and also nice pictures of the print chains, etc. (page down for more
links).

    http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/roger.broughton/iomedia/hslprt.htm   

The "next generation" of IBM 3211 printers, introduced with the S/370 
family, was large enough for a person to climb up there, but I doubt 
anyone could sleep on it -- it was too noisy, IMHO, and if the cover did

attempt to open with a person on top, that would be too heavy and cause 
problems for the equipment (an "equipment check" would occur, signal the

CPU of the error, a light would come on, etc. -- what fun!).  A nice 
picture here:
   
    
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP3145.ht
ml

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, though.

Cheers,

Mark S. Waterbury

Jerry Adams wrote:
Yeah, the N1 (alias Nancy-1).  A friend of mine said his night 
operator's cat like to snooze on top of theirs, probably because it

was

warm.  One night the N1 ran out of forms while the cat was resting 
there.  George said he had a hell of a time explaining to the CE what 
the yellow stuff on the tape drive was the next day.


    * Jerry C. Adams
*IBM System i5/iSeries Programmer/Analyst
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Mark Allen wrote:

IIRC we had a printer on a Sys/3 that when it ran out of forms the

lid
would

auto open.  We burned that printer up a few times from "one" of us

leaving

coffee/coke on top of it.......and it ran out of paper....

On 2/7/07, Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Long ago (in a galaxy far, far away - L.A.) one of the programmers

at

corporate casually placed his coffee cup on top of the 370.  For

those

that have never seen a 370 its top is (was) a grid to, I guess, help
vent the heat.


Anyway, when told that he shouldn't put his cup there, he went to

remove

it, but instead knocked it over thus spilling the coffee into the

370.

He was given five [5] minutes to pack his things and get the hell

out of

the building.  This was confirmed by both our local company's

treasurer,

who was there at the time, and a short article in the WSJ.


So, take care, Rob.  We would sorely miss your worldly and valuable
contributions here.


        * Jerry C. Adams
*IBM System i5/iSeries Programmer/Analyst
B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
voice
        615.995.7024
fax
        615.995.1201
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rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

So, setting a cup of coffee on top of the computer, like I

routinely do

      
        

to

our 570, would be frowned upon?

Rob Berendt

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