On 17 Jan 2007 at 19:48, Richard wrote:
This completely misses the point that the terminal is
the tactile
physical interface for the user. When you can emulate that (utility
fog, anyone?) let me know.
You mean as in "keyboard"? Boy, there have been a bunch of
variations, haven't there? My most/least (love-hate) favorite was an
EBCDIC keyboard with individual enclosed dry reed switches for each
key (it was a George Risk model). A couple of Fairchild RTL ICs,
mostly a diode encoder matrix. Diecast housing.
I used it for a time with my TV Typewriter--the control keys were set
to impose a higher resistance force than the others (remember the
Beehive Super Bee?). It would make you very tired using it for
extended periods.
Does anyone have any idea what this may have belonged to?
Cheers,
Chuck