10 Oct
2009
10 Oct
'09
11:31 a.m.
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:23:05 -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
> What you couldn't get were IBM Executive
> typewriters with computer interfaces, like on the 1620.
On 10 Oct 2009 at 11:46, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
Could they use the same typeballs?
Different animals entirely. The 1620 Model B typewriter is old-style
typebars.
But was the 1620 a true "Executive"? The Executive that I used
during the 70's was a proportional-spacing beast with a split
spacebar ("em" and "en" spaces). Using correcting paper (little
slips of paper with white waxy pigment on them) could be very
challenging...
On the other hand, the typed output was magnificent--not really
surpassed until laser printers.
--Chuck