Network/IT guy, started work on VAX computers.
Author of Petition to Governor in Council to overturn UBB decisions at CRTC.
was jfmezei on Twitter.
was previously on mstdn.ca
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Jean-François Mezei
When I worked for Reader's Digest, They had very smart print job for dual sided flyiers.
Half width forms first went up on left, but instead of accumulating in a box behind, they were carefully flipped in the back before coming back up on he right side in the front.
So while on left, it […]
Jean-François Mezei
The GM Aerotrain.
Underpowered truck engine. Loco cabin made to look like a car, and the coaches derived from its "New Look" transit buses. Terrible suspension, and basic interiors.
Inability to perform at advertised speeds meant it didn't last long.
from my archives 😉
1403 printer
132 separate hammers behind paper. Then full width ink ribbon then the front of spinning print chain.
Each hammer would be triggered when the desired letter on the print chain would move over its position, thus pushing paper onto ribbon behind […]
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It really looks like a scene from Idiocracy.
#USA #America #Trump #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #UFC
Jean-François Mezei
The 1403 print chains could be different. (there were 2 paper tapes on the printer, one for the paper size (automatic skip at end of page) and one for the print chain to indicate which character were where.
A print chain with lower case chartacters would print more slowly because the letter A […]
The venerable IBM 1403 printer.
When I was at McGill, that is what students got and I worked part time supervising it (feeding it paper, changing the ink rollers etc)
The 1403 could print up to 1400 132-column lines per minute on 11-by-14 inch fanfold pinfeed […]
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Activists get into The Party to denounce the conspiracy that the Earth is a sphere !
( The Party, 1968 with Peter Sellers.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063415/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_6_tt_6_nm_2_in_0_q_the%20party )
Jean-François Mezei
For his birthday, King Donald made a wish and blew on a candle.
