21 Mar
2006
21 Mar
'06
9:23 a.m.
In article <442034EB.8000400 at DakotaCom.Net>,
Don Y <dgy at dakotacom.net> writes:
I have an IBM I/O in storage (along with service
manual, spare parts,
etc.). <grin>
What's an "IBM I/O"?
Allegedly, 134.5 baud was the maximum rate the
*mechanism* could
run at (?)
Yes, this sounds right based on fuzzy memory. I do remember that when
it was printing full tilt it looked like it couldn't go any faster
:-).
EPSCO used to make an "Edityper" (a
"word processor" built around
a modified selectric -- but it was the *smaller* selectric and
I don't think IBM did the modifications -- and a PPT for
"storage"). I had one until the typewriter service man
I brought it to for a tune up decided tht all that "extra stuff"
in there was getting in the way -- and he systematically removed
*all* of it!! <sob>
Err.. that's not a repair/tune up -- that's a mangling. I hope you
forced him to put it all back the way it was when you brought it in?
--
"The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ:
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/>
Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty
<http://pilgrimage.scene.org>