[Boatanchors] IBM Selectric Terminal

[Bob Macklin]

Just get an old TTY machine. They have "CHARACTER"!

If you want ASCII code get a model 37!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew P." <drewrailleur807 at yahoo.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] IBM Selectric Terminal


>
> On Keith Densmore's plan to convert an IBM Selectric typewriter to a 
> computer printer/terminal,  Glenn Little wrote:
>
> [snipped]
>
> "I would not consider this to be a viable, current, output device."
>
> Maybe not, but it is not much less viable than the use of some examples of 
> our beloved vacuum tube equipment for modern-day radio communication.
>
> What a Selectric-turned-printer WOULD have is "Soul" and lots of it - 
> orders of magnitude more than any current LASER or inkjet printer. 
> Imagine the clackey-clackey-clack, just like on the old CBS Evening News, 
> and the hot oil smell when printing out a long document.  Ahhhhhhhh, 
> smells like....Victory.
>
> Drew
>
>
>
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