21 Mar
2006
21 Mar
'06
8:51 a.m.
In article <3.0.6.16.20060321102700.18afb73c at pop-server.cfl.rr.com>,
"Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> writes:
I find piles of Selectrics in the scrap/surplus
places and I've been
looking through them hoping to find one with a computer interface but I
haven't seen one yet. I asked a friend of mine that REALLY into the
surplus about it and he says he hasn't seen one in YEARS. :-(
I think what you're after is the IBM 2741. It had a selectric type
typewriter element and keyboard, but had a modem/comm interface built
into the back. Because of this it was pretty deep, about 8-12 inches
deeper than a typewriter but still sat on top of a desk. The only
photo I've been able to find online shows another model I hadn't seen
where the typewriter is integrated *into* its own desk. The 2741 ran
at 134.5 baud and I used one in 1979/1980 to print out English papers
for high school via UDel's Project Delta. Ours was a lovely shade of
turquoise :-). I've had a standing ebay search for a while, but its
never turned up a hit.
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