>>>>>How come RCS/RI doesn't want this? It's a nice piece of old iron
perhaps they lack vision!
ed!
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Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: 7 track tape terminal
> On Sat, 8 May 2004, William Donzelli wrote:
>
> > I have an extra Mohawk Data Services 7 track (!) tape terminal
> > available. Basically, it is a tape drive with a keyboard - oh the weird
> > stuff they used to do back then!
>
> The "first" key-to-tape. A pretty useful device, really, for that era.
> Tap data directly to tape and then load it onto the mainframe.
>
> But are you sure it's 7-track? I haven't been able to tell for sure on
> mine because the head is tucked away such that you can't really see the
> surface.
>
> > I have no docs on the thing.
>
> I have a copy of the sales brochure that I found while going through
> several thousands documents at the Computer History Museum.
>
> > I should also say that the keyboard on this thing moved the bar as far
> > as how bad human engineering can get.
>
> Yep.
>
> > Anyway, I want to make it go away, so if anyone has stuff to trade (no
> > micros, please - (cruddy) big stuff or docs are good) or has a little
cash
> > (were not talking much here folks - scrap value is probably only $100),
we
> > can deal. I can deliver to VCFeast or anywhere near NY/NJ/CT/RI. I could
> > ship it as well, as I do have a sort of crate thing.
>
> How come RCS/RI doesn't want this? It's a nice piece of old iron.
>
> Hopefully someone gets it (someone other than the scrapman). Yours and
> mine are the only ones I know of, though I'm sure there are at least a few
> more still in existence.
>
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