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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: unclewest who wrote (55610)9/13/2004 2:40:14 AM
From: Jamey  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
In 1970 I was trained on a Novar automatic terminal, which was a competitor against the IBM automatic with text editing capabilities and ran at 14.5 characters per second. At that time I believe that the Selectric ll unit stand alone without the I/o was around $825.00. Don't quote me because I had little to do with sales. My memory fails me as to whether the Air Force was using them during the early 70s.

My point is that if the computer I/O was already being used the Selectric as a typewriter was probably pretty standard fare, even for the military.

James
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