Timeline for Did home computers have mechanical interfaces to typewriters?
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| Nov 27, 2022 at 15:17 | comment | added | Duncan C | An IBM electric was/is an impact printer with a typewriter interface. That isn’t what the OP was asking about. | |
| Nov 25, 2022 at 22:40 | comment | added | cjs | This kind of thing was not only a commercial product; IBM themselves sold Selectrics with data storage, that could read from cards, and that could emulate a 2171 terminal. This is because the selectric internally used binary electric inputs to the type system. So effectively, the Selectric was already a printer, just one with a non-standard interface. So while this answer is a good story, it's unfortunately quite far from an answer to the OP's question. | |
| Nov 24, 2022 at 22:28 | comment | added | Geo... | @GlennWillen, I (for one) would love some pics if you feel so inclined. | |
| Nov 24, 2022 at 21:52 | comment | added | Glenn Willen | I have one of these! (Selectric with serial interface.) I honestly don't know much about it -- I bought it on eBay a number of years ago, along with an IMSAI 8080. The IMSAI only sort of works, and I have never gotten around to trying to repair it; I've never even turned the Selectric on. I'm happy to take pictures of it or something if people want (once I get home from the holidays.) | |
| Nov 24, 2022 at 21:20 | comment | added | dave | This device? Maybe not, it appears to be 'solenoids on keys'. | |
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| S Nov 24, 2022 at 21:03 | history | answered | fjklflkdj | CC BY-SA 4.0 |