Re: Why so many 6s and 8s in the 70s?

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From: Rich Alderson
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:05

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Rich Alderson <ne...@alderson.users.panix.com> writes:

> I'm going to disagree with this.  I learned to program on a 1401/1402/1403
> system as a senior in high school.  When I was exposed to the 1442 attached
> to the IBM 1800 at the CAI Laboratory at UTexas the next year, I was appalled
> at the print quality.

Typo:  That's "1443", not "1442"--although it had one of those, too.

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Rich Alderson					  ne...@alderson.users.panix.com
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									--Galen

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Subject: Re: Why so many 6s and 8s in the 70s?
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