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[James Knott]

James Knott wrote:
> Many years ago, I was on a course for the Datapoint 2200.

I forgot to mention.  The Datapoint 2200 was used in CN Rail's "TRACS" 
system, which tracked the cars in freight trains.  The 2200 would 
connect to an IBM mainframe, in Montreal, using EBCDIC and had attached 
printers and card/punch reader (ASCII) and also remote terminals via 
serial port (Baudot).  When a train was expected, the system would 
generate a print out, at both local and remote locations, and a stack of 
punch cards, with each card representing one freight car.  The cards 
would be sorted into outgoing trains, along with new cards for loads 
originating in that yard.  I maintained all that equipment as part of my 
job back then.

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