29 Jan
2023
29 Jan
'23
4:10 a.m.
On 1/28/23 17:34, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
Chuck said
I say 'some of' because in building and
operating this I've realised that a lot of the Selectric 'feel' people rave
about actually comes from the print shaft,
tilt/rotate tapes mech, shift cam, Whiffletree and typeball movement all operating in
concert (along with its sound) in a fraction of a second, the keyboard
mech is only part of it.
How does your setup differ form the 1052 keyboard? I know that uses a
modified 024 keyboard, so interposers.
Under DOS/360, a user program could write a CCW string to ring the 1052
bell. If that CCW string included a TIC back to the bell-ring CCW, the
bell would just keep ringing with the keyboard locked out.
Fun and games, from very many years ago.
--Chuck