Keyboard actuator

From: Richard Erlacher <richard_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed May 10 19:01:19 2000

I knew someone who had one of these gadgets back in the '70's. He wore out
a selectric in about two weeks.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: Keyboard actuator


> At 01:08 PM 5/10/00 -0700, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> >This is THE device that will transfer files to ANYTHING. IF you can stop
> >laughing.
>
> Sounds like fun. How could it come close to hitting any key on any
> keyboard? Are the solenoids positionable?
>
> Certainly in some situations, a parallel-to-serial conversion box
> could capture the bitstream from an archaic computer. That route
> would have the benefit of a buffer in most cases. Does this gizmo
> have a buffer?
>
> As such, it would be most useful for getting data *into* a system
> that didn't have a way to import an ordinary text file. You could
> even write filters to massage the stream in order to hit weird
> key sequences to reformat the text.
>
> - John
>
Received on Wed May 10 2000 - 19:01:19 BST