27 Jan
2023
27 Jan
'23
7:22 p.m.
THIS! I took a typing class
my freshman year of HS. I was the only guy
in a room full of girls and IBM Selectrics. :D
On Fri, 27 Jan 2023, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote:
> ... my freshman year
of HS. I was the only
guy
> in a room full of girls ...
And the downside of this was...?
When quoting, you left off his big grin!
and the Selectrics.
Computer printers for early microcomputers were hideously expensive.
There were a couple of outfits (one in Walnut Creek), who made kits to
convert Selectrics into computer printers!
There were also the Rochester DynaTyper and the KGS-80 that consisted of a
box of solenoids to set on top of the keyboard!
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