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On Wed, 25 Apr 2012, tom wrote:
On 24/04/12 22:40, paul sutton wrote:I used to have an IBM golf ball connected to a mk14 - but mainly as a printer. It was fun just to make it like the teletype on the football results.this looks er really cool http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332690/20120424/usb-vintage-typewriter-keyboard-mac-pc-ipad.htm it also reminds me of a story in the hackers dictionary, about a programmer in hospital, friends tried to take computer round and were stopped by the guard, what is this (computer) comptuers not on list, (television, typewriterwere) so they went back came back the next day and said it was a tele typewriter, type on the typewriter and you see the text on the television. guard checks back on list and sees television, and typewriter) and lets them in. i wonder how you do ctrl-alt-delete :) not that you need it with linux you use ctrl-alt-backspace lol PaulStill have the mk14. Still secretly want a teletype.
My Mk14's still going strong too... http://unicorn.drogon.net/stuff/mk14.jpgThey're work a *lot* on ebay. A non-working one was just sold for £800 recently on ebay. The last working one I saw went for some $3000...
Gordon
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