[TUHS] Compatibility question

Bakul Shah bakul at iitbombay.org
Wed Dec 20 09:52:39 AEST 2023


On Dec 19, 2023, at 1:31 PM, Paul Winalski <paul.winalski at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, the 1403 was very loud.  The pitch of the noise varied with the
> sequence of characters being printed.  Some IBM hacker (yes, they
> existed) came up with a deck of cards that, when printed, played
> "Anchors Aweigh" on the 1403.  IBM field service wasn't very keen on
> this hack because it put a lot of wear-and-tear on the print train.

I couldn't find "Anchors Aweigh" but I did find "La Marseillaise":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe0MGO17K10

[For the curious & easily distracted among us....]



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