14 Apr
2024
14 Apr
'24
5:38 p.m.
I scrapped a similar Redactron mag card Selectric unit 30-odd years ago;
still have the card drives, shoulda kept the Selectric.
On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 3:47 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 4/13/24 11:22, Michael Thompson via cctalk wrote:
>> 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.
The mag card Selectric (MC/ST) was relatively popular also.
--Chuck