[GreenKeys] More on Model 29, et al
tony.podrasky
tony.podrasky at gmail.com
Wed Feb 14 16:08:36 EST 2018
I think the weirdest thing I saw was a model 37-KSR,
doing, what - 150 BAUD? and do a "backspace".
UE,
K2EAA - TONY
NNNN
ZCZC
On 02/14/2018 12:58 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2018, Roy Morgan wrote:
>>
>> At one point, Doug put together a 28 Printer that had both online
>> REVERSE PRINT and
>> online REVERSE LINE FEED. These were accomplished with Stunt Box
>> sequences. It
>> was most amazing to see this machine in operation, doing these
>> 'stunts'.
>
> That's the kind of thing that today you look in the parts book and
> nearly throw up. To add those features they had to design little
> metal parts that would do the job and not interfere too much with whatever
> else was already in there, and then manufacture those parts on punch
> presses and things. Whereas today it would be a few lines of code for
> a microprocessor.
--
This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be
seriously considered as a means of communication.
The device is inherently of no value to us.
-Western Union memo, 1877
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