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Re: Univac 1004
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:11:09 +0200
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<[log in to unmask]>, 
"Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]> writing at 10:09:36 in 
his/her local time opines:-
>From another list ... midway through at 2 minutes 45 seconds, there is a
>Univac 1004:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Phulamer&view=videos#play/favorites/
>7/hQG8VRSez_U
>
>Since there is no sound on this video, open the URL below to get the
>"feel" of period:
>
>http://www.commcenter-2.net/opnet.html

I worked with a couple of these. We used them as card readers for our 
Univac 494s, pretty much.

Since the cards had to change direction about three times in passage 
through the machine, they were rather prone to jamming and other 
failures.... :-(

-- 
Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris

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