dob@ihlpa.UUCP (Daniel M. O'Brien) (07/15/85)
Does anyone know whether the IBM CORRECTING SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER can be converted to be used as a computer printer? (I know that the old stand-by SELECTRIC can be converted but am not sure about this beastie.) Who does this kind of conversion? Thanks, --- Daniel M. O'Brien (ihnp4!ihlpa!dob) AT&T Bell Laboratories IH 4A-258, x 4782 Naperville-Wheaton Road Naperville, IL 60566
cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (07/25/85)
> Does anyone know whether the IBM CORRECTING SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER can be > converted to be used as a computer printer? (I know that the old stand-by > SELECTRIC can be converted but am not sure about this beastie.) Who does > this kind of conversion? > > > Thanks, > > --- > Daniel M. O'Brien (ihnp4!ihlpa!dob) > AT&T Bell Laboratories > IH 4A-258, x 4782 > Naperville-Wheaton Road > Naperville, IL 60566 Gag. A couple years ago I saw a company near San Jose advertising a product that "turns your Selectric typewriter into a computer printer". It was a box containing a bunch of electrically actuated rods that mounted on top of the keyboard. The box had a cable that plugged into an RS-232 port. And it only cost $500! (I'm serious. So were they. More's the pity.) Seriously, unless someone will do a conversion for $200, it makes a lot more sense to buy a daisy wheel printer; even the lowest speed daisy wheel printers will be as fast or faster.