[GreenKeys] dunno what this subject should be

[gil smith]

Hi folks:

This is from a discussion on the classic-computer email list -- does this
sound familiar to anyone?

gil


>   Speaking of interfacing Selectrics. I was talking to my father about
>Teletypes the other day and he told me that he had thrown out an old "word
>processor" (my term not his). He said that it was a desk sized mechanical
unit >that had a keyboard and mechanical printer along with a paper tape
>punch/reader. He said that you could type in a letter and insert a pause
any >place where you wanted to insert unique data such as a name. The unit
would >save everything on punched paper tape. You could then feed the PT
back into >and it would type the letter. When it got to the pause it would
stop and let >you manually type in the name or other data and then it would
continue and >finish the letter. Does anyone know what these thing was? I
think he must have >gotten this after I left home because I don't remember
ever seeing it. >Unfortunately he threw it away several years ago.



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