31 May
2004
31 May
'04
10:46 a.m.
General Electric
terminet perhaps!
was it a kind of beige color?
if you open it up and it is a band type printer with character fingers this
is probably what it is....
I think they also made a later one that was dot matrix called a terminet
30?... foggy brain... sorry....
manuals are available out there for them, we have a set at the msueum here
but none scanned online...
Ge terminets and tty's were the first terminals I dealt in back in the dark
ages...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Mahoney" <webhead(a)theantiquecomputer.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:39 PM
Subject: general electric terminal?
In the local Goodwill this morning, there was a large
General Electric
printer/terminal(?) stand out front in the weekend dropoff area. It stood
about three feet high, had a keyboard, with a printer behind it and a data
cassette holder in the upper right console area which also had rocker
switches on it. Sorry for the bad description but I was in a rush.
The thing looked in perfect condition, similar to a teletype machine I had
seen once, although the keys didn't look like teletype keys. The cassette
part intrigued me but I didn't have time to examine it and I completely
forget what the name of the unit was. It was GE for sure.
Basically if anyone has interest in rescuing it, I will head back tomorrow
to fetch it. Otherwise does anyone know what it was, from my terrible
description?
Brian Mahoney