-----Original Message-----
From: rampaginggreenhulk at
yahoo.com
Sent: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 13:50:55 -0800 (PST)
To: cctalk at
classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Burroughs Redactor II (fwd)
http://i.imgur.com/ZWOl9cW.jpg
C: wow they used to be based in Yip-Yip-Yaphank. Never knew it.
Sperry/Unisys was in Central Islip or something. That I knew.
I used to do field service on these R-II's in the early 80's.
This system was originally designed and built by the Redactron
corporation, of Yank-Pank. It originally used dual high-speed
digital cassette tapes (using a metalized leader).
Shortly after, Burroughs purchased Redactron, and then they made
the move to floppy disks. The social security facility in Baltimore
had quite a few of them.
It utilized a Qume daisy-wheel printer.
The thing I liked the most about this system, was that the CRT was
vertically oriented; you could see an entire legal-sized page
without having to scroll up/down. The later R-III had a square
CRT, and was not as convenient to use IMHO.
That unit in Maryland was VERY likely sold by the GrayMar Co.,
of Baltimore. We were the Burroughs Word Processing (nee Redactron)
dealer there.
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