Selectric Typewriter conversions

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue Feb 4 19:28:18 2003

> Speaking of interfacing Selectrics. I was talking to my father
> about Teletypes the other day and he told me that he had thrown out an
> old "word processor" (my term not his). He said that it was a desk sized
> mechanical unit that had a keyboard and mechanical printer along with a
> paper tape punch/reader. He said that you could type in a letter and
> insert a pause any place where you wanted to insert unique data such as
> a name. The unit would save everything on punched paper tape. You could
> then feed the PT back into and it would type the letter. When it got to
> the pause it would stop and let you manually type in the name or other
> data and then it would continue and finish the letter. Does anyone know

Many amchines could do that. One example is the Friden Flexowriter (you
punched a 'stop reader' control code for each pause, then hit the
appropriate button after typing in the name or whatever.

The Flexowriter is a lot smaller than 'desk sized' though.

-tony
Received on Tue Feb 04 2003 - 19:28:18 GMT