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Read the notes, it's especially interesting: > in 1954, Remington Rand introduced the first high-speed drum printer, the "High Speed Off Line Printer System" f
by acqq 8y ago
Read the notes, it's especially interesting:
> in 1954, Remington Rand introduced the first high-speed drum printer, the "High Speed Off Line Printer System" for the UNIVAC computer. This printer produced 600 lines per minute at 130 characters per line. The printer used 18 kW of power and was cooled by 8 gallons per minute of chilled water.
Wow.
- skookumchuck 8y agoIt's a good thing we don't need listings anymore.
- chiph 8y agoA friend was a programmer in the 90's for a firm that was getting a new higher-end IBM 3090. He was in the manager's office looking over the layout for the installation, when he asked "Where is the water pump going?" Blank look, followed by the "oh shit" look.