IBM 029 Keypunch has arrived

[Fred Cisin]

On Mon, 25 May 2009, Roger Holmes wrote:
> After a long wait, and paying unexpectedly high fees to the freight
> clearance company I finally have my hands on my 029 keypunch. To my
> surprise it has an extra wide punching station which apparently is an
> extra read head which allows it to be fed with ready-punched cards and
> the text to be printed at the top of the card. An interesting bonus.

Sweet!
The [somewhat rare] interpreting feature is especially important, since
the stand alone-interpreter prints 60 columns, instead of the 80, and
therefore doesn't align the print with the punches.

> The rating plate shows .4kVA which is more than my Flexowriter
> transformer can handle so I have ordered a modern yellow industrial
> 110v socket so I can try it on a 3kVA transformer I have for an angle
> grinder. I have searched though eBay for normal US wall sockets and to
> my surprise cannot find them. I've tried all sorts of search terms but
> obviously have not hit the right combination, unless there is some law
> which prohibits them being sold retail or something like that.
> Probably me being stupid.

More likely two peoples divided by a common language.
The piece in the USA wall is called an "outlet" or "receptacle".

If you can't find them, one of us can send you some.


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Grumpy Ol' Fred     		cisin at xenosoft.com