On 2020-01-03 12:46 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 1/3/20 1:46 AM, GerardCJAT via cctalk wrote:
A guy, in Europ, sells a box of IBM magnetic cards, used on IBM
"Compcarte" ( sorry, french "name" )
The English-language name was "Composer". This was preceded by the very
similar-looking MT/ST, which used a small magnetic tape cartridge in an
external unit that looked very much like the card reader on the Composer.
--Chuck
The composer was a special version of selectric that did proportional
spacing, often used for producing copy for printing. The original
composer was all mechanical including the variable spacing later ones
where electronic.
Paul.
