30 Jul
2004
30 Jul
'04
8:13 a.m.
I've recently heard of an archaic IBM device, the 1092 Densely Coded Matrix
- a 10 x 15 array of switches, essentially a Big Keyboard, with customisable
plastic overlay 'keycaps'.
Could be used for input on 60's systems - 1410, my 1800, probably S/360 too.
Originally developed at the University of Missouri, for control of CNC-type
cloth cutting machines in garment trade.
Anyone got one? Seen one? Anecdotes of them?
BTW, I'm *still* engaged in a probably-hopeless search for a 1052 or 1816
(heavy-duty 1052) console to use with my 1800, in the increasingly-unlikely
event that anyone here can point me towards one...
Mike
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