RE: Early computer accessibility
- From: "Cy" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:07:57 -0500
The IBM 1403 could produce Braille of reasonable quality. Dymotape was
also used to cushion the paper.
Burroughs and NCR printers were truly awful for Braille. It was an
allignment problem. It was difficult to dell which line the dot was
supposed to be on in many cases.
The old Honeywell printers did about as good a job as the IBM.
CYS...
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Francis Daniels
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:52 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Early computer accessibility
Hi Anna,
Your modified IBM 1403 printer reminds me of the MBOSS-1 printer. It
might still be around in a few places. It had the same idea, but I
don't think it used the period key to make the dots. The one we had at
Braille kept breaking down, was noisy, and the braille was questionable.
Francis
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