[GreenKeys] friden flexowriter

[Christian Gauger-Cosgrove]

In the last regard -- the Flexo being used as a console terminal --
the Royal McBee LGP-30 and LGP-21 both used Flexowriters as their
console terminal, and if I remember correctly there was an option to
replace the IBM Model B typewriter of the DEC PDP-1 with a
Flexowriter.

Just my two cents.

Cheers,
Christian




On 8 March 2013 11:34, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Simon Claessen wrote:
>>
>> is this a interesting machine or to be avoided. its the one with tape
>> punch and reader and the rounded square keycaps
>> --
>
> Well...it depends.  I was given two of them, more or less complete but
> with rust and goo such that none of the moving parts moved.  I started
> working on one, got it freed up to where the motor could run, then took
> a plate off the bottom and a bunch of parts fell out.  So I'll probably
> never get that one back together.  And I've seen warning on the web
> about messing with the carriage which runs on a bunch of balls that are
> likely to fall out.  I did find a complete manual on the web, after
> my fiasco.  There's also a video on the web that shows one in action.
> And I was given the name of a guy who repairs them, but it is quite
> expensive.
>
> The main use of the machine was as an automatic typewriter.  You could
> have a canned text in the tape, and have it stop at certain places
> where you type in information from the keyboard.  So you could have
> a form letter that looked to the recipient as if it had been individaully
> hand typed.
>
> The other use was as a console device in early computers, since it
> could have electrical input and output.  It was more costly than a
> Teletype but easier to work with since communication was parallel
> rather than serial and  it could have a customized code.  It was also
> faster.
>
>
>
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