14 Apr
2024
14 Apr
'24
12:35 a.m.
On 2024-04-13 19:22, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
In the early 70's, my (then) employer used a number of Mohawk Data Entry
systems : keyboard to open-reel tapes. The error rate was horrendous.
When unrecoverable errors occurred, the whole tape had to be re-typed.
They did not last very long.
/Nico
On Apr 12, 2024, at 9:55 PM, ben via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Did any one ever use a keyboard to magtape as input device?
My wife did, sort of:
for a while she worked with IBM MT/ST word processors. Those were very early word
processing systems that used a custom magnetic tape cartridge for storage and a Selectric
typewriter for I/O.
paul