2 Dec
2007
2 Dec
'07
7:30 p.m.
On 2 Dec 2007 at 19:18, Arno Kletzander wrote:
Yes, exactly that is the class of machines I meant.
There were similar
ones which printed on a platten carriage mounted behind the adding
machine body, and some of the latest electromechanical models had a
"type box" as a means of commenting the ledgers, invoices - whatever.
The letters were assigned as secondary functions to some of the keys
and the machine would print those instead of accepting numeric input
when it was in a column definded for comments (which was done by
sticking pegs into a programming board moving together with the
carriage). -- Arno Kletzander
Could you perhaps point me at a web photo of such a machine?
Thanks,
Chuck