On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:49:05 EST, "Clarence1898" <cla### [at] comcastnet>
wrote:

>
>Afraid so.  The IBM 360's used the 1052 typewriter for a system console.  The
>ce's loved them.  When an internal drive belt broke, they had to disassemble
>half the typewriter to install a new belt.  So they always looped a couple of
>extra belts around the main drive shaft for future use.  Unless you had an
>alternate console, the whole system was down while they worked on it.
>
>Isaac.
>
The first consoles I used were ASR-33 Teletypes. IIRC they also had a built in
acoustic coupler to an internal modem with a baud rate of 110.
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Regards
     Stephen

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