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Subject: Re: IBM CORRECTING SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 20:07:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 17 20:07:00 1985
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If the selectric typewriter you want to convert is an electronic model
65 or 85, IBM themselves have a kit to plug the typewriter into the
printer port of a PC.  We have one -- it works fine.

The conversion from ascii to typewriter code is made in software, and IBM
provides a program that lurks in front of the printer port, doing the
translation automatically.  I expect you could plug the typewriter into
any other computer's Centronics port, but you'd have to deal with the
translation yourself.

John Levine, Javelin Software, Cambridge MA 617-494-1400
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