1" paper tape buy ?

[Chuck Guzis]

On 4 Mar 2009 at 12:52, Fred Cisin wrote:

> The IBM interpreter, for printing on already punched cards, did not
> attempt to print 80 column!  Its input was 80 column cards; its output was
> the same cards, with up to 60 columns of printing.

A 557 could do 80 columns in 2 rows (usually 60/20, but that was 
programmable).  Another "interesting" feature was that the character 
set was very limited.  Learning to read a 557 interpreted program 
deck with non alphameric characters was an acquired skill.

Cheers,
Chuck