Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!wrdis01!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!mcovingt From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: How do mechanical car-radio preset pushbuttons work?? Message-ID: <1991May20.005602.29997@athena.cs.uga.edu> Date: 20 May 91 00:56:02 GMT References: <9105151026.aa18960@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> <9534@sail.LABS.TEK.COM> <3751@naucse.cse.nau.edu> Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Lines: 10 I actually have a "Dynatyper" (a thing with a lot of solenoids that sits on the keyboard of a Selectric II and types, connected to the parallel port of your computer). A colleague of mine bought it many many years ago and said it never really worked. One day I'll either use the parts for something else, or give it to the Computer Museum. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Covington | Artificial Intelligence Programs The University of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602 U.S.A. -------------------------------------------------------