Brother IF-50?

The Brother IF-50 is a parallel interface and buffer, designed to turn certain Brother daisywheel typewriters such as the Correctronic 60 (CE-60) into printers. The interface draws power from the typewriter via the round, right-angle connector. The connector on the typewriter is typically found inside the cord-storage compartment on the back of the typewriter. The "Copy" button could be used to repeatedly print data that was sent to the typewriter. So, if you were using the typewriter to print return addresses on an envelope for example, you would hit the copy button, and print your information from the computer. Then you would press the Copy button again, and the information would be held in the buffer. Then, every time you hit the Copy button after that, it would send whatever was in the buffer to the typewriter. It's was a cool gadget to have, since it was fairly inexpensive, and you didn't have to have another bulky device sitting on your desk. Brother worked the idea from both angles; for example, the HR15 daisywheel printer also had a connector on it for an external (proprietary) keyboard. I couldn't tell you if Brother had subsequently released any typewriters that already had the printer port built in. I hope this helped. . . T