11 May
2000
11 May
'00
4:43 p.m.
On Thu, 11 May 2000, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Yes, that's the "rate" for the
selectric. However, there were at least two
selectric mechanisms, and the 134.5 baud rate was for the ruggedized printer
for the 1130 system. Those would last over a year under pretty hard useage
(I was the user and watched the same mechanism run for about a year).
However, the normal desktop selectric typewriter would
fall apart within a
^^^^^^
very short time with a mechanical actuator. I tried
this myself once, but
was dissuaded from continuing it when a friend's selectric broke under the
actuator he'd bought through an ad in BYTE.
A properly setup mechanical actuator is quite a bit LESS stressfull to the
keyboard than a human. You are probably talking about the POS "home"
model, that would fall apart within a very short time if anybody typed on
it. It was nice to have for home use, but not suitable for office usage.
Using the keyboard actuator and a selectric as a substitute for a normal
printer seems a pretty BAD idea.
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