Saw one...what is that? TI printing terminal Silent 700.

From: Barry A. Watzman <Watzman_at_ibm.net>
Date: Mon Dec 14 18:25:28 1998

The silent 700's were mostly used for time-sharing remote computing in the 70's. Some models (there were quite a few of them) had built-in modems (acoustic 300 baud for the most part). They were also used as local consoles (keyboard/printer). I believe that the printers were 30 chars/sec, but they may have been somewhat faster, perhaps as much as 120 cps. For their day, they were considered high-end and very desirable.

The look was as described, kind of like a laptop with no screen, or like a very compact electric typewriter.

Barry Watzman


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From: jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net [SMTP:jpero_at_pop.cgocable.net]
Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 1:48 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Saw one...what is that? TI printing terminal Silent 700.

This, Ti terminal Silent 700 looks like a headless thick notebook
with real keyboard on it, full width thermal printer built in, bunch
of ports on backside, with 2 phone-like jacks, berg connectors.

What this for and its capabliites?

Jason D.
email: jpero_at_cgocable.net
Pero, Jason D.
Received on Mon Dec 14 1998 - 18:25:28 GMT