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Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952

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undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> writes:
>On Friday, August 13, 2021 at 3:49:41 PM UTC-4, ly...@garlic.com wrote:
>
>> > As an aside, those microfiche printers were slick machines. Produced very high quality 
>> > cards. Automatically produced the appropriate visible index at the top or with minimal 
>> > setup. Saved a huge volume of paper, big savings in storage space and the visible index 
>> > was faster to locate data.
>> home office 1977/1978, cdi miniterm, ibm tieline, and compact microfiche 
>> viewer. plant site had microfiche printer and could get 24hr turn around 
>> ... had couple hundred microfiche at home, source listings, 
>> documentation, etc. 
>
>Someone somehow hacked into the microfiche system and printed a bunch of pictures.
>When my boss retired he gave me an envelope, "here, you might like this".  It wasn't source code.
>
>In the old days, people printed pictures from the line printer, which were very coarse.  Some
>had some shading to them by using different characters and overprinting.  Can't imagine
>anyone doing that today, let alone hanging them up in their cube.

I've got one of those of myself (done with a 256-gray-scale capture system
in 1981).

I still have a copy of the 9track poster tape that was handed around in those
days - there's a poster of a 727 going over the golden gate bridge that required
taping several full-width listing side by each, and a really nice on
of the moon (the finished moon was about 2' in diameter when all the pieces
were taped together), and a handful of tame (by modern standards) topless
models.

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Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-07-20 12:14 -0700
  Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2021-07-21 01:46 +0000
    Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2021-07-22 14:46 +0000
      Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 chris <chris-nospam@tridac.net> - 2021-07-22 17:37 +0100
        Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-07-22 16:47 +0000
          Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-07-22 17:51 +0100
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2021-07-22 17:25 +0000
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-07-22 18:10 +0100
              Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-07-23 00:13 +0000
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 TrailingEdgeTechnologies <bbreynolds@aol.com> - 2021-07-22 19:32 -0700
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            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-07-22 15:14 -0400
              Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-07-22 20:52 +0100
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                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-07-23 09:13 -0700
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-07-23 11:48 -0700
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2021-07-23 20:13 -0700
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-07-24 21:35 +0000
              Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-07-22 21:10 +0100
              Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2021-07-22 14:16 -0600
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-07-22 17:08 -0400
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 TrailingEdgeTechnologies <bbreynolds@aol.com> - 2021-07-22 20:08 -0700
              Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-07-23 16:18 +0000
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Louis Krupp <lkrupp@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> - 2021-07-24 11:54 -0600
          Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-07-25 21:51 +0100
            Re: sixbit, the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2021-07-25 21:12 +0000
              Re: sixbit, the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-07-26 05:32 +0000
                Re: sixbit, the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2021-07-26 08:39 +0000
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                Re: sixbit, the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2021-07-26 18:45 -0400
                Re: sixbit, the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2021-07-27 11:29 +0100
        Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 TrailingEdgeTechnologies <bbreynolds@aol.com> - 2021-07-22 19:43 -0700
          Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-07-23 11:46 -0700
    Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-07-23 11:56 -0700
      Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-07-23 16:27 -0700
        Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-08-07 12:38 -0700
          Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-08-07 20:04 +0000
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-08-07 22:24 +0100
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-08-07 22:27 +0100
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-08-10 11:49 -0700
              Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-08-10 15:34 -0400
          Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2021-08-07 18:13 -0700
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-08-10 11:45 -0700
              Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Robin Vowels <robin.vowels@gmail.com> - 2021-08-11 06:36 -0700
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-08-11 08:00 -0700
          Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-08-10 10:57 -0700
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-08-10 18:29 +0000
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-08-10 11:54 -0700
            Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-08-10 19:44 +0000
              Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-08-13 12:26 -0700
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-08-13 09:49 -1000
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 undefined Hancock-4 <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2021-08-16 12:52 -0700
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-08-16 20:06 +0000
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-08-16 23:31 +0000
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-08-17 15:41 +0000
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-08-18 16:38 +0000
                Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2021-08-18 18:29 +0100
      Re: the wonders of SABRE, was Magnetic Drum reservations 1952 Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2021-07-27 18:12 -1000
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