seaburg@uiucdcs.UUCP (seaburg ) (11/02/83)
#R:uokvax:3400008:uiucdcs:10400084:000:211 uiucdcs!seaburg Nov 1 18:51:00 1983 You can get nice typewriters with serial interfaces (i.e., act like a terminal) for about $650. The one I am thinking of is the Silver Reed typewriter. Other than that, save your money and buy used equipment!
jab@uokvax.UUCP (11/09/83)
#N:uokvax:3400008:000:866 uokvax!jab Oct 31 20:56:00 1983 Does anybody have suggestions on how to set myself up with an Epson/Epson-clone combined with SCRIBBLE and possibly "Fancy Font" for some *VERY SMALL* amount of money? I can get an IBM Selectric II (Self-correcting, for all its worth) for $600. The obvious problems with such a device are that I am not a great typist (or even a good one!) and hence will often be halfway through a page when I will decide that I want to change the format at the top of the page. The advantage, of course, is that $600 isn't very much when compared against $500 for a terminal, $XXXX for a computer, $XXX for the Epson, and $XXX for the software. Help? Does anybody have a suggestion on how to get these *NICE* playtoys at affordable prices? Jeff Bowles ihnp4!nwuxd!jab Lisle, IL ps. Nothing in here should be taken as the opinion (onion?) of my employer, Western Electric.