31 May
2004
31 May
'04
6:09 a.m.
General electric Computer Department used selectrics on the systems they
produced....
always looking for anything GE related....
ed sharpe archivist for smecc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Finnegan" <pat(a)computer-refuge.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: selectric consoles
On Sunday 30 May 2004 19:22, Andrew K. Bressen wrote:
I think Selectrics are pretty cool;
I'd kinda like one I could use as a printer,
and if it could be a full serial tty that would
be even cooler.
So far, I've found that IBM made the 1050 and the 2741
selectric-based console terminals, both of which were large, heavy,
and not very reliable.
IBM also made another, that a seller on ebay was selling some of a month
ago when I bought one, he might have more, you might want to ask him.
Here's the auction I won:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3810203578
I haven't yet had time to play with the thing, but hopefully should get
a lot of time back in a bit over a week..
The terminal isn't like most "standard" terminals, in that each key
sense/relay comes out via the cable on the back, which needs to be
hooked into an external serial "converter" box or somthing.
Pat
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