12 May
2000
12 May
'00
5:03 a.m.
Thanks for the responses so far.
FWIW
I put up a picture of the "mechanical ALU"
of the Selectric here:
http://www.panix.com/~allain/ibm_sel.jpg
The intriguing thing about it is how rapidly
and simply it brought down the information
from 50+ keys to such a relatively simple
device,
without loss of the keypress signature
information.
John A.