IBM Selectric Typewriter & its digital to analogue converter

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IBM Selectric Typewriter & its digital to analogue converter

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Amazing how precise this is.

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Neat... Now an hour later I understand how air brakes work thanks to the US military.
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This is kind of funny, because I just watched the last episode of Season 2 of Star Trek TOS last night & wouldn't you know it, they had a type writer typing on it's own. Of course, they were using "movie magic".
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great video...that guy explains things quite well.
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