[Boatanchors] IBM Selectric Terminal

[Carl]

Yep, thats for sure John, I used to see lots of them in storage dump rooms 
at Wang when I worked there. Suddenly as space was needed they were gone.

Sanders Associates (Data Systems Division) also had a variant used in Avis 
terminals.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john" <johnmb at nc.rr.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] IBM Selectric Terminal


>I know that Wang also used an IBM Selectric variant as a system printer.
>
> Being responsible as a co-op student for maintaining such a system (it 
> also
> had nifty Nixie readouts!) almost got me my first experience with being
> fired (picture a long haired co-op student being counselled by a GS15 PhD
> Physicist Division Chief for violating approved supplier directives within
> Tthe USAF contract management bureaucracy ). "Yes, I know you did the 
> right
> thing, but you can't do that any more"...
>
> John K5mo
>
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