On Thu, 11 May 2000, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> Yes, that's the "rate" for the selectric. However, there were at least two
> selectric mechanisms, and the 134.5 baud rate was for the ruggedized printer
> for the 1130 system. Those would last over a year under pretty hard useage
> (I was the user and watched the same mechanism run for about a year).
> However, the normal desktop selectric typewriter would fall apart within a
^^^^^^
> very short time with a mechanical actuator. I tried this myself once, but
> was dissuaded from continuing it when a friend's selectric broke under the
> actuator he'd bought through an ad in BYTE.
A properly setup mechanical actuator is quite a bit LESS stressfull to the
keyboard than a human. You are probably talking about the POS "home"
model, that would fall apart within a very short time if anybody typed on
it. It was nice to have for home use, but not suitable for office usage.
Using the keyboard actuator and a selectric as a substitute for a normal
printer seems a pretty BAD idea.
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Received on Thu May 11 2000 - 16:43:20 BST