Bah, attached photos don't work. OK, the pic is here: http://everist.org/pics/misc/20200103_5346_IBM_mag_cards.jpg
Guy At 10:51 PM 3/01/2020 +1100, you wrote: >Huh, that's a coincidence. Going through a recent bequeathment to the >Australian Computer Museum Society, >I'd just yesterday opened a box with manuals, some cards, and other bits for >the same system. >See pic, with manual cover illustration of the system. > >It was IBM trying to produce a word processor and email, before the technology >was really up to it. >You typed onto paper, with backspacing and overtyping to get it right, then >saved to the mag card. >That could be read back and printed out, to get a clean copy. Then you could >snail mail the mag card >to someone with another machine. Or just post the printed letter I suppose, >but how old fashioned! >A lease document with the set shows that in 1981 the price was $5000 (AU). Or >leased over 48 months, >total rent of $6682. > >My job now is to find out what happened to the actual machine, since the >contents list says it's >present, but it isn't. > >Fun fact: according to the listing the modified selectric typewriter (heavy) >and the magcard 82 processor >(cabinet in the photo, supposedly about 50 Kg) are linked by a "non-plugged >cable". Brilliant. > >Guy > > > >At 10:46 AM 3/01/2020 +0100, you wrote: >>A guy, in Europ, sells a box of IBM magnetic cards, used on IBM >>"Compcarte" ( sorry, french "name" ) >> >>They seems in medium state, at least, but I think these are pretty >>rare. So, if somebody is interested ..... >> >>https://www.ebay.fr/itm/gro%C3%9Frechner-wechseldatentr%C3%A4ger-magnetkarten/184107517064?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 >> >