21 Mar
2006
21 Mar
'06
9:16 a.m.
Richard wrote:
In article <3.0.6.16.20060321102700.18afb73c at
pop-server.cfl.rr.com>,
"Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> writes:
The "built into a desk" model may have been Trendata's offering.
I have an IBM I/O in storage (along with service manual, spare parts,
etc.). <grin>
Allegedly, 134.5 baud was the maximum rate the *mechanism* could
run at (?)
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>
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.