21 Mar
2006
21 Mar
'06
1:27 p.m.
It would be cool ...
... but can't recall what publication it was in ...
Byte, Dr. Dobbs, Computer Notes ???
I suspect that someone else on this list might have seen it...
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Subject: Re: Where have all the Selectrics gone?
In article <B40C900E19E7B04E832685A1E13E10EF1378A0F6 at MSXMAIL.cboent.cboe.com>,
"Kapteyn, Rob" <kapteynr at cboe.com> writes:
There was also an article in a hobbyist magazine
explaining how to do
a homebrew conversion of a Selectric typewriter to make a computer printer.
Given that I now see Selectrics in thrift stores fairly often, that
would be a cool article to see. Do you have a copy still?
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21 Mar
2:42 p.m.
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Kapteyn, Rob wrote:
It would be cool ...
... but can't recall what publication it was in ...
Byte, Dr. Dobbs, Computer Notes ???
I suspect that someone else on this list might have seen it...
I think that it may have been Kilobaud.
There was an outfit in Walnut Creek that sold a conversion kit that
mounted under the Selectric. Fairly complex, and required tinkering to
keep it running.
There were also a number of units that consisted of boxes full of
solenoids that sat on top of the keyboard, such as KGS80 and Rochester
Dynatyper.
At the West Coast Computer Faire, around about the 5th or 6th one, there
was an outfit demo'ing a unit with lots of pulleys and fishing line, that
was printing on a MANUAL typewriter.
3:25 p.m.
In article <20060321143133.X34261 at shell.lmi.net>,
Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> writes:
At the West Coast Computer Faire, around about the 5th
or 6th one, there
was an outfit demo'ing a unit with lots of pulleys and fishing line, that
was printing on a MANUAL typewriter.
LOL! Does anyone have pictures of this? I bet it even *sounded*
as cool as it lookd!
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4:35 p.m.
> At the West Coast Computer Faire, around about
the 5th or 6th one, there
> was an outfit demo'ing a unit with lots of pulleys and fishing line, that
> was printing on a MANUAL typewriter.
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Richard wrote:
LOL! Does anyone have pictures of this? I bet it
even *sounded*
as cool as it lookd!
There was a large crowd watching it, and cheering whenever it succeeded at
a carriage return.
4:56 p.m.
It would be cool ...
... but can't recall what publication it was in ...
Byte, Dr. Dobbs, Computer Notes ???
In the UK, there was a (2 part) article in 'Electronics, the Maplin
Magazine' on doing this. But you had to byy the firmware ROM
pre-programmed (no source or hex dump in the article), and I suspect it's
not impossible to find anyone who has one.
-tony
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