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From: fisher@dvinci.DEC (Burns Fisher, MRO3-1/E13, DTN 231-4108)
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Subject: Typewriters with "Optional computer interface"
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Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 10:04:35 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  5 10:04:35 1984
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Does anyone have any experience with machines which are basically electric
typewriters, but which have optional computer interfaces?  I know of three:
(1) at least one of the Brother models, (2) The high-end Sears typewriter,
and (3) a new Royal typewriter.

Last time I looked, the only interfaceable Brother was a dot-matrix type.
The other two are daisy-wheel.  The Sears costs ~$500 + ~200 for the 
interface, while the Royal costs ~$300 +  for the interface.

On the surface, one of the daisy-wheel typewriters seems ideal for my 
family.  We need a typewriter (do you really want to fire up the computer just
to type an envelope address?), and I would like to have a slow letter 
quality printer on my PDP-11 as well.  However, I have never seem them 
discussed anywhere.  How well do they work in each mode?  How durable
are they?  Etc etc.

Thanks for any help you can offer!  Please reply directly...I do not 
subscribe to these newsgroups.  I will post a summary of replies.

Burns


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