3 Feb
2003
3 Feb
'03
1:16 p.m.
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Marvin Johnston wrote:
Does anyone remember what was required to convert an
IBM Selectric
Typewriter to a computer printer? I seem to recall a kit of some sort
Modified Selectrics were used, ISTR, as consoles on several models of
mid-60's BIg Blue Iron. They spoke, of course, EBCDIC. There were kits in
the early BYTE mags to make these units transcieve ASCII.
Making a 'manual' Selectric into an ASR or even RO machine is
"mechanically non-trivial" as they might say.
IMHO, of course, knowing a little bit about how the Selectric tosses
it's element around. Metallic VooDoo I heard one tech refer to it.
Cheerz
John