Hello!
Oh so that's why six out of the 78 Yet have been staring at.it. The
others are elsewhere.
Yes that was common. People would snag those typewriters and create
interface boards for them. I first saw one sitting on top of a
Selectric, with the computer being a typical S-100 bus design. It
worked after a fashion. I also worked with a 2741 once back in my long
ago youth. And again many years ago at the IBM research facility in
Yorktown Heights. (Friend's father was an IBM Research Fellow.)
I'd say all of you are certainly heading in the right direction there.
But Dave? What prompted one Yeti wearing a Dodgers hat read this
entire thread?
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On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 1:04 AM Dave McGuire <mcguire@...> wrote:
On 12/21/21 1:01 AM, Drew Derbyshire wrote:
I just checked the old IBM Selectric Keryboards; they put cent sign (?)
over the six, where modern keyboards usually have a caret. So if you're
REALLY into the classics ...
(I'll do THAT right after I get a real 2741 or other hardcopy terminal
pounding in my ear.)
We just got an IBM model 73 typewriter at the museum; the original
owner (no longer around) built an interface board for it for a Heathkit
H-8. We've not dug into it yet, but it's sure to be interesting.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
