27 Feb
2008
27 Feb
'08
10:36 a.m.
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, John Floren wrote:
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:41:51 -0500
From: John Floren <slawmaster at gmail.com>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Subject: Friden Flexowriter
A quick question--can you hook a Friden Flexowriter to a modern
computer? I'm not afraid to put together some sort of
interface/converter, but I haven't really found any information about
that kind of thing... if anyone here has experience with one of these,
your input would be greatly appreciated.
John
--
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Difficulty depends on the Flexowriter. Common flexowriters use non isolated
rectified line voltage for the relays and solenoids, so beware. There is a
serial RS-232 ASCII 110 baud Flexowriter (Model 7102) but these are rare.
The bustle on these has no relays but a set of logic cards with 60's vintage
ICs implementing the UARTs and control logic.
Peter Wallace