1 Jun
2004
1 Jun
'04
10:39 a.m.
The saga : I went back to Goodwill this morning and the Terminet30 was still
sitting in the same spot OUTSIDE the store in an alcove. I went in and asked
for a stealdeal but ended up 'donating' 20 bucks for it. Backed up my Saturn
I think I donated \pounds 10.00 to a charity for my first Termiprinter.
wagon and found out why it was still sitting in the
alcove. Must weigh 80
pounds.
They are not light :-)
The thing is in very good condition, no dents or dings
or cracks that I can
see. Inside is very clean. Console, as you will see, is perfect. Keys still
have a very solid feel. Underneath the console there was a yellow tag that
The keys are magnetically encoded. Each key rail has an I-core on it,
which couples to a U-core fitted throug the keyboard PCB when the key is
pressed. There's a drive line that loops through each U-core, and lines
for each bit and their inverse, which loop or don't loop through each
U-core as appropriate (For each bit, either the normal or inverted line
loops trhough each core). Pressing a key induces pulses in the appropiate
output lines.
That keyboard has one of the nicest feels of anything I have ever used.
said "do not use" so who knows what is wrong
with it but it looks great.
I hefted it to my backyard shed, thank goodness for my kids' little red
wagon. There it sits with the console and tape unit removed. Nothing else
would come apart, the damn selectric on the top is where all the weight is I
The ICL Termiprinters do come apart, but it's quite a long job.... I have
had to do it on occasion...
-tony