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> All early experimental computers used teletype machines for interactive communication with the computer. Some people liked Flexowriters instead of Teletypes.
by Animats 2y ago
> All early experimental computers used teletype machines for interactive communication with the computer.
Some people liked Flexowriters instead of Teletypes. Flexowriters had upper and lower case characters, and a 6 bit code instead of 5 bits. Here's an LGP-30, from 1956, the first desk-sized "personal computer"[1] Vacuum tubes, drum memory, chrome bezel. Very 1950s.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WaYYNUCWMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WaYYNUCWMY