10 Oct
2009
10 Oct
'09
10:46 a.m.
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:23:05 -0700, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
Could they use the same
typeballs?
I don't think there was a way to get *one*
with out
buying a IBM COMPUTER.
I/O Selectrics were an IBM OEM product. DEC used them in a RAND
contract to build JOSS terminals, SDS and CDC used them for console
printers, for example.
What you couldn't get were IBM Executive
typewriters with computer interfaces, like on the 1620.