[GreenKeys] Speaking of Flexowriters

Chris Elmquist chrise at pobox.com
Wed Nov 11 17:47:44 EST 2015


Too far away for me but I am curious if such a unit would have a computer
interface of some sort by default?   Or was that an optional configuration
in order to use them as a computer I/O device?

Chris NØJCF

On Wednesday (11/11/2015 at 10:37PM +0000), Jones, Douglas W wrote:
> For $20, you can have a 1969-vintage model 2340 Flexowriter,
> available in Rochester New York.  I found it by accident while
> Googling around the Internet.
> 
> -- https://rochester.craigslist.org/atq/5295582172.html
> 
> Comes with stand, spare ribbon, reel of pink Friden paper tape.  It has the wide reader-punch that can handle edge-punched cards as well as 1-inch tape.  It's a lot newer than my machine, but looks essentially the same and is almost certainly mechanically identical, with more modern relays or even a few transistors under the cover (mine has no electronics, just relays).
> 
> 		Doug Jones
> 		jones at cs.uiowa.edu
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