8 Dec
2012
8 Dec
'12
10:59 p.m.
got this thing kicking around picked it up in the spring for 20 bucks
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7547228432_e981da5a28_b.jpg
curious if theres a way to hook it up?
9 Dec
9 Dec
2:29 a.m.
I don't think it was ever "hooked up" to any thing. Just used for copying
cards to disk and then feed the disk else where.
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Stoness
Sent: 09 December 2012 07:00
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: ibm mag card 2
got this thing kicking around picked it up in the spring for
20 bucks
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7547228432_e981da5a28_b.jpg
curious if theres a way to hook it up?
3:02 a.m.
It was an inputoutunit to IBM System 6 text processor. It uses magcards,
same size as 80 column punchcards. Capacity roughly 2.000 characters
/Nico
I don't think it was ever "hooked up" to any thing. Just used for copying
cards to disk and then feed the disk else where.
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Stoness
Sent: 09 December 2012 07:00
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: ibm mag card 2
got this thing kicking around picked it up in the spring for
20 bucks
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7547228432_e981da5a28_b.jpg
curious if theres a way to hook it up?
3:16 a.m.
That bit of disk threw me. Is that part of the unit? Anyway in that case I
am pretty sure there will be a way to hook it up to something. Might be
worth looking at the Raspberry PI it has a nice programmable header with
many input/output likes. Its just how much work is needed.
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of nico at farumdata.dk
Sent: 09 December 2012 11:02
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: ibm mag card 2
It was an inputoutunit to IBM System 6 text processor. It
uses magcards, same size as 80 column punchcards. Capacity
roughly 2.000 characters /Nico
I don't think it was ever "hooked up" to any thing. Just used for
copying cards to disk and then feed the disk else where.
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Stoness
> Sent: 09 December 2012 07:00
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: ibm mag card 2
>
>
> got this thing kicking around picked it up in the spring
for 20 bucks
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7547228432_e981da5a28_b.jpg
curious if theres a way to hook it up?
9:37 a.m.
the platter? no thats from a unisys drive of some sort the guy i bought the
mag card 2 from gave it to me with it witch hangs on my wall now
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 5:16 AM, Dave <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
That bit of disk threw me. Is that part of the unit?
Anyway in that case I
am pretty sure there will be a way to hook it up to something. Might be
worth looking at the Raspberry PI it has a nice programmable header with
many input/output likes. Its just how much work is needed.
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of nico at farumdata.dk
Sent: 09 December 2012 11:02
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: ibm mag card 2
It was an inputoutunit to IBM System 6 text processor. It
uses magcards, same size as 80 column punchcards. Capacity
roughly 2.000 characters /Nico
I don't think it was ever "hooked up" to any thing. Just used for
copying cards to disk and then feed the disk else where.
Dave Wade G4UGM
Illegitimi Non Carborundum
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Stoness
> Sent: 09 December 2012 07:00
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: ibm mag card 2
>
>
> got this thing kicking around picked it up in the spring
for 20 bucks
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7547228432_e981da5a28_b.jpg
curious if theres a way to hook it up?
11:55 a.m.
I don't think it was ever "hooked up" to
any thing. Just used for copying
cards to disk and then feed the disk else where.
The IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter was a STAND-ALONE
word processing machine, often used for creating form letters.
"Dear Mr. COLLEGE, of all the families on CAMPUS DRIVE, you
have been selected . . . "
It was usually called "MTST", pronounced "empty ST", which
gave rise to a TRS80 word processing program, (NOT from IBM)
pretentiously named "FULL ST"
Later, there was a Magnetic CARD Selectric Typewriter,
and even some ancillary machines.
10:21 a.m.
On 12/08/2012 10:59 PM, Adrian Stoness wrote:
got this thing kicking around picked it up in the
spring for 20 bucks
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7547228432_e981da5a28_b.jpg
curious if theres a way to hook it up?
It looks to be from an IBM MC Selectric:
http://ibmcomposer.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article…
I'll bet that the folks who run the Golfball typewriter group on Yahoo!
probably have a manual for it.
--Chuck
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