August Abolins wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 AA> Hi Roy (of 1:270/615),
 AA> On , in a message to Greg Mayman you
 AA> wrote: 

 RJT> Oh,  and the other thing about it is that its interface is _serial_.
 RJT> There are a number of dipswitches and I have no info about how to
 RJT> set them up.

 AA> I have a semi-retired SMITH-CORONA electric typewriter that
 AA> features a serial port.  At the time, circa 1985, I bought it
 AA> specifically for the option to "automate" printing from a computer
 AA> (at which time an x86 or x88 was a big bucks).   Well..  never got
 AA> around to programming the serial port for it.  The typewriter has
 AA> other  redeeming features though.

 AA> It just boggles the mind when I think about how much computer tech
 AA> and interfaces have changed over the recent years - and how much
 AA> money I've poured into keeping up with the stuff.

What bugs me is the stuff I've gone and spent money on and never really put
to any good use...   Not a whole lot,  as compared to what some folks have
put into their computer systems,  but $50 here and there does add up to
some nontrivial amount over the years.

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