On 2024-04-13 19:22, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
On Apr 12, 2024, at 9:55 PM, ben via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Did any one ever use a keyboard to magtape as input device?My wife did, sort of: for a while she worked with IBM MT/ST word processors. Those were very early word processing systems that used a custom magnetic tape cartridge for storage and a Selectric typewriter for I/O. paul
In the early 70's, my (then) employer used a number of Mohawk Data Entry systems : keyboard to open-reel tapes. The error rate was horrendous. When unrecoverable errors occurred, the whole tape had to be re-typed. They did not last very long.
/Nico
