[TriLUG] Piece of History

[Jim Ray]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Brian Henning
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:19 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Piece of History
> 
> So you're saying that Selectric Typewriters have BALLS!
> 
> *snicker giggle snicker*
> 
> ~B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark Turner
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:13 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Piece of History
> 
> Ah, yes. Time for another TriLUG "Geezer Thread." :-)
> 
> Brian, your mention of the Selectric "terminal" brought back memories.
> My
> dad frequently brought home Selectrics from his job at IBM, so they
> were
> pretty familiar. One that had a fat cable on the back and could be
used
> as a
> computer printer, albeit it printed at 15 cps. Wikipedia tells me it
> was
> one
> of the Selectric printer varieties:
> 
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter#The_Selectric_as_
> c
> omputer_terminal
> 
> Compared to the pathetic quality of a dot matrix, a Selectric-made
> printout
> was often worth the wait!
> 
> I still have a handful of Selectric typeballs I pocketed after Oculan
> closed
> its doors.  :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark Turner
> www.markturner.net
> 
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 1:48 AM, Brian McCullough <bdmc at bdmcc-us.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Darn, I guess it's my turn.  How about an IBM Selectric-based
> "terminal"
> > with a 110 or 150 Baud modem built in, and attached to the Telephone
> > line, with a pair of cups ( acoustic coupler ) that you put the old
> > black telephone handset into.
> >
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