Comments on: Automatyperwriter: Arduino-controlled typewriter is both input and output device http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 20:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Toby http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925207 Toby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925207 That seemed unlikely... and indeed, <a href="http://www.aetherltd.com/connectingusb.html">it has already been done.</a> That seemed unlikely… and indeed, it has already been done.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925209 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925209 I'm typing a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. I’m typing a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925213 nixiebunny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925213 Uh, there are these things called Teletypes. They have been around for about a hundred years. They receive a signal in the ITA2 code set at 75 baud, and they print it on yellow paper. Want one? I have a WWII Teletype in an olive-drab shipping crate that's not doing anything right now. Uh, there are these things called Teletypes. They have been around for about a hundred years. They receive a signal in the ITA2 code set at 75 baud, and they print it on yellow paper.

Want one? I have a WWII Teletype in an olive-drab shipping crate that’s not doing anything right now.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925503 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925503 I think this is great, and don't understand what bug is up in the panties of all these negative nancies here. The guy created a typewriter that can play Zork, by himself from parts. That's awesome. I think this is great, and don’t understand what bug is up in the panties of all these negative nancies here. The guy created a typewriter that can play Zork, by himself from parts. That’s awesome.

]]> By: JG http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925808 JG Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925808 That appears to be a teletype with a serial connection, to which somebody has attached a USB-to-serial adapter. I would have to say that doesn't seem like it counts. That appears to be a teletype with a serial connection, to which somebody has attached a USB-to-serial adapter. I would have to say that doesn’t seem like it counts.

]]> By: hapa http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925312 hapa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925312 are there plans to port steam to this new platform? are there plans to port steam to this new platform?

]]> By: Hagrid http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925069 Hagrid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925069 > i You have: A bathrobe (being worn) A towel Pocket fluff Thing That Your Aunt Gave You That You Don't Know What It Is no tea > i

You have:
A bathrobe (being worn)
A towel
Pocket fluff
Thing That Your Aunt Gave You That You Don’t Know What It Is
no tea

]]> By: Freddie Freelance http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925070 Freddie Freelance Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925070 So Mr. Guberman's invented the Teletype? How long 'til he's connected two and they can communicate? So Mr. Guberman’s invented the Teletype? How long ’til he’s connected two and they can communicate?

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925085 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925085 You're missing the point of this. 1) It's made from a typewriter so that makes it steampunk. 2) It uses an Arduino which is open source and thus *squeal* totally dreamy... *sigh* 3) It uses fishing line which makes it prone to malfunction and very impractical compared to a real teletype. Still, I find it's lack of punched paper tape disturbing. You’re missing the point of this.

1) It’s made from a typewriter so that makes it steampunk.
2) It uses an Arduino which is open source and thus *squeal* totally dreamy… *sigh*
3) It uses fishing line which makes it prone to malfunction and very impractical compared to a real teletype.

Still, I find it’s lack of punched paper tape disturbing.

]]> By: hongaku http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925351 hongaku Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925351 Nixiebunny, I'm on the board of directors for Ace Monster Toys, an Oakland hackerspace (and California nonprofit!). I think I can freely speak for all of us and say that if you don't want your WWII teletype, we'd happily take it off of your hands to connect it up to things in our space! I can be reached at albill@gmail.com if you're interested in getting it moved on. Nixiebunny,

I’m on the board of directors for Ace Monster Toys, an Oakland hackerspace (and California nonprofit!). I think I can freely speak for all of us and say that if you don’t want your WWII teletype, we’d happily take it off of your hands to connect it up to things in our space!

I can be reached at albill@gmail.com if you’re interested in getting it moved on.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925096 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925096 yeah, totally reminds me about FRINGE! yeah, totally reminds me about FRINGE!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925129 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925129 I think the difference between this and a teletype is the difference between a gramophone and a player piano. Both produce automatic sound, but the player piano does so by pressing the actual keys. This isn't a typewriter keyboard with a printer attached, it's a typewriter that's *operated automatically*. For me, at least, that makes all the difference. I think the difference between this and a teletype is the difference between a gramophone and a player piano. Both produce automatic sound, but the player piano does so by pressing the actual keys.

This isn’t a typewriter keyboard with a printer attached, it’s a typewriter that’s *operated automatically*. For me, at least, that makes all the difference.

]]> By: JMG http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925139 JMG Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925139 So glad you enjoyed it, Cory! However, I feel compelled to point out that my name is spelled "Jonathan." Thanks! Jonathan Guberman So glad you enjoyed it, Cory! However, I feel compelled to point out that my name is spelled “Jonathan.”

Thanks!

Jonathan Guberman

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925140 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925140 He had to explain what a solenoid is, but not a MOSFET? The world has changed. He had to explain what a solenoid is, but not a MOSFET? The world has changed.

]]> By: GlenBlank http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925404 GlenBlank Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925404 I recall a mid-to-late '70s-vintage device that hooked up to an IBM Selectric typewriter and recorded a pageful of typing on solid-state memory, which could then be edited a line at a time on a single-line LED(?) display. When you were done editing, it would play the page back to the Selectric, using it as a printer to print out the corrected copy. They used to advertise them in the back pages of Scientific American. Bad typist that I was, I desperately wanted one, but couldn't even afford the Selectric, never mind the "word processor" box. (So it was kinda weird, a couple of years ago, finding fully functional IBM Selectrics in a thrift store priced at $10 - and weirder still, a few months later, to find myself giving my own once-treasured Selectric to the same thrift store, in order to reclaim the closet space.) I recall a mid-to-late ’70s-vintage device that hooked up to an IBM Selectric typewriter and recorded a pageful of typing on solid-state memory, which could then be edited a line at a time on a single-line LED(?) display. When you were done editing, it would play the page back to the Selectric, using it as a printer to print out the corrected copy.

They used to advertise them in the back pages of Scientific American. Bad typist that I was, I desperately wanted one, but couldn’t even afford the Selectric, never mind the “word processor” box.

(So it was kinda weird, a couple of years ago, finding fully functional IBM Selectrics in a thrift store priced at $10 – and weirder still, a few months later, to find myself giving my own once-treasured Selectric to the same thrift store, in order to reclaim the closet space.)

]]> By: JG http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925149 JG Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925149 You missed the real significance. It's the world's first teletype /with a USB connection/. :-) You missed the real significance.

It’s the world’s first teletype /with a USB connection/.

:-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925156 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925156 Ah, a good old "Selectric 251" Ah, a good old “Selectric 251″

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/30/automatyperwriter-ar.html#comment-925413 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-925413 that's what DOS or Bash would look like if screen hadn't been invented :] / that’s what DOS or Bash would look like if screen hadn’t been invented
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