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<p>Fairly good coverage</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Flexowriter''' was a mechanical [[printing terminal]], similar to a [[Teletype]], popular with early computers in the 1950's and 60's. It was available with an associated [[paper tape]] reader/punch.<br /> <br /> Unlike the Teletype, which printed using a cylindrical type element carried on a head which moved across the horizontally-held paper, the Flexowriter was built around a 'type basket', conventional on most mechanical typewriters; the paper was held by a rubber roller in a carriage that moved from side to side (again, exactly as on most mechanical typewriters). All of the actuation was done by a combination of [[relay]]s using [[alternating current|AC]] line power, and an electric motor.<br /> <br /> The Flexowriter was originally created in the 1940's by the Commerical Controls Corporation. CCC was purchased by Friden in the 1950's; Friden were in turn purchased by Singer in 1965.<br /> <br /> ==External inks==<br /> <br /> * [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/friden/ Friden] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]]<br /> ** [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/friden/Flexowriter_SFD_Technical_Manual_1959.pdf Friden Flexowriter SFD Technical Manual] - an earlier model than the one shown below <br /> * [https://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~dwjones/flexo/ The Friden Flexowriter - Word Processing Before Computers]<br /> ** [https://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/flexo/tour.shtml The Friden Flexowriter - A Guided Tour] - very well illustrated<br /> <br /> [[Category: Printing Terminals]]</div>

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