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From: kchen@imagen.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Brain-damaged Terminal Contest
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Date: Sat, 22-Nov-86 17:35:11 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 22 17:35:11 1986
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decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!wb8foz writes:

> Listen, REAL programmers use a Flexwriter, and keep all source code

I think you mean the Frieden Flexowriter, no?  I remember using one
attached to the Royal Precision Company's RPC-4000 back in the mid-60's
at Purdue ( anyone remembers that machine? upper and lower accumulators,
germanium transistors [ 2N404's, I think ], drum [ it's only store! ] 
and an oscilloscope as the register display. Ah, what bliss. )

The Flexowriter sure makes the ASR 33 look modern. But, I have always
preferred it's paper tape punch to the junk on the Model 33.

As far as glass terminals go, the sickest I have encountered was an 
OMRON.  Puke, bletch!


Kok Chen			..!decwrl!imagen!kchen
Imagen Corporation