As teletypes were ugly the decwriter was elegant.... Both noisy but in
different ways....
George Rachor
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George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_rachors.com
Hillsboro, Oregon
http://rachors.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
> They are 100 pounds or so. Yes they are very like teletypes. If you
> want, we might be able to hold one, or you could go for a IV which is
> about the size of a typewriter.
>
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Merle K. Peirce [mailto:at258_at_osfn.org]
> >
> > > We seem to have a surfeit of Decwriters. Would anyone be
> > > interested in one?
> >
> > Interested, yes -- those are teletypes, right? ... but how big are they? I certainly can't make it to RI right now to pick one up. :) (really too bad...)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
> > Amdocs - Champaign, IL
> >
> > /usr/bin/perl -e '
> > print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
> > '
> >
> >
>
> M. K. Peirce
>
> Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
> Shady Lea, Rhode Island
>
> "Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid
>
>
Received on Thu Jan 17 2002 - 11:12:11 GMT