[GreenKeys] Re: GreenKeys Digest, Vol 17, Issue 13

[Fred Hatfield]

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: WA5CAB at cs.com [mailto:WA5CAB at cs.com]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 09:12 PM
>>>To: wackyvorlon at gmail.com, GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
>>>Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] High Speed Printer
>>>
>>>Paul,
>>>
>>>I've no idea of the nomenclature, but I'm pretty sure that the printer 
>>>used
>>>with the IBM 1620 was as you describe (printed a line at a time in one 
>>>cycle).
>>>Last time I waw one would have been early 1970.
>>>
>>>In a message dated 6/14/2005 9:05:06 PM Central Daylight Time,
>>>wackyvorlon at gmail.com writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>This is a little off-topic, but I hope some here can help me. I
>>>>remember seeing a very old form of high speed printer, and can't seem
>>>>to recall the name for it. The unique part of it was that it used a
>>>>series of 'letter bars', one for each column on the page. On the edge
>>>>of the bars, the letters and characters the machine could print where
>>>>raised. The machine would print one entire line at a time, by setting
>>>>the bars for each column to the appropriate height, drawing them back
>>>>and striking the ribbon. The page would then be advanced to another
>>>>line. The only other place I've seen this method of printing was on
>>>>old adding machines, where it seems rather common.
>>>>
>>>>Is anyone familiar with these printers?
>>>>
>>>>

I used this printer extensively during my younger years -- it was
popularly known on our site as the "Old Man of the Hills".

Fred K8VDU
hatfield at bellsouth.net