[TriLUG] Piece of History

[Dave Sorenson]

Steel balls as I recall

(hangs head in shame for hitting such a soft pitch)

Dave

Jim Ray wrote:
> Yes, and you can change them depending on Pica or Elite font
> preference...
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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
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>> So you're saying that Selectric Typewriters have BALLS!
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>> *snicker giggle snicker*
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>> ~B
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>> -----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
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>> Ah, yes. Time for another TriLUG "Geezer Thread." :-)
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>> 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
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>> as a
>> computer printer, albeit it printed at 15 cps. Wikipedia tells me it
>> was
>> one
>> of the Selectric printer varieties:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter#The_Selectric_as_
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>> omputer_terminal
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>> Compared to the pathetic quality of a dot matrix, a Selectric-made
>> printout
>> was often worth the wait!
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>> I still have a handful of Selectric typeballs I pocketed after Oculan
>> closed
>> its doors.  :-)
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>> Cheers,
>> Mark Turner
>> www.markturner.net
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>> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 1:48 AM, Brian McCullough <bdmc at bdmcc-us.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> Darn, I guess it's my turn.  How about an IBM Selectric-based
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>> "terminal"
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>>> 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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