13 Apr
2024
13 Apr
'24
12:41 p.m.
On Sat, 2024-04-13 at 13:22 -0400, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
The first word processor I heard of was the "Redactron" that ran on the
7044 side of the 7094/7044 Direct Couple at the Caltech Jet Priopulsion
Laboratory. I don't know whether it was used anywhere else. I don't
know whether documents were ultimately stored on mag tape, or the 1405
RAMAC, or only on paper.
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