17 Aug
2012
17 Aug
'12
8:04 p.m.
Hi. One friend told me yesterday that he has one Selectric in working
state available for me. Can this machine be converted in one Terminal
Typewriter ? Thanks.
Regads
Serhio
17 Aug
17 Aug
8:49 p.m.
On Sat, 18 Aug 2012, SPC wrote:
Hi. One friend told me yesterday that he has one
Selectric in working
state available for me. Can this machine be converted in one Terminal
Typewriter ? Thanks.
An "I/O" Selectric is reasonable, but a bit of work.
An office Selectric or a home selectric can be done, but is not worth the
effort. You can do it with a box of solenoids sitting under the keyboard
(vintage Escon), or a box of solenoids sitting 0on top of the keyboard
(Dynatyper or kgs-80)
10:01 p.m.
I'd keep it as a typewriter. They're great machines.
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Paul Anderson -- VE3HOP
On 2012-08-17, at 8:49 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2012, SPC wrote:
Hi. One friend told me yesterday that he has one
Selectric in working
state available for me. Can this machine be converted in one Terminal
Typewriter ? Thanks.
An "I/O" Selectric is reasonable, but a bit of work.
An office Selectric or a home selectric can be done, but is not worth the
effort. You can do it with a box of solenoids sitting under the keyboard
(vintage Escon), or a box of solenoids sitting 0on top of the keyboard
(Dynatyper or kgs-80) 
10:13 p.m.
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2012, SPC wrote:
You can convert a terminal for use as a printer without too much in the
way of modifications. I have one (with the special I/O box) that came
along with a TRS-80 model 1 from the original owner. I've never had the
Selectric itself up and running though because it is a mess and needs to
be fully cleaned and serviced.
Hi. One friend told me yesterday that he has one
Selectric in working
state available for me. Can this machine be converted in one Terminal
Typewriter ? Thanks.
An "I/O" Selectric is reasonable, but a bit of work.
An office Selectric or a home selectric can be done, but is not worth the
effort. You can do it with a box of solenoids sitting under the keyboard
(vintage Escon), or a box of solenoids sitting 0on top of the keyboard
(Dynatyper or kgs-80) 
10:37 p.m.
On Aug 17, 2012, at 20:04, SPC <spedraja at ono.com> wrote:
Hi. One friend told me yesterday that he has one
Selectric in working
state available for me. Can this machine be converted in one Terminal
Typewriter ? Thanks.
The Selectric (at least the original and II) were fully
mechanical, to the best of my recollection.
That makes the conversion very difficult, both
from the conversion of keystrokes into serial and the
output of characters to the typed page.
- Dave
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