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Typewriter Hacked To Play Zork

Posted by samzenpus on from the old-school dept.

UgLyPuNk writes "Typewriters that can type by themselves are one thing. Typewriters that can type by themselves and play Zork are totally different — the stuff that dreams are made of (at least the dreams of little girls who spent hours in front of a Commodore 64 telling the machine to GO NORTH and such)."

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  1. No words required, see link for pic. by kheldan · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.computermuseumgroningen.nl/terminals/teletypeclose.jpg

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    1. Re:No words required, see link for pic. by Joseph+Vigneau · · Score: 4, Informative

      For more information on this model:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASR-33_Teletype

  2. Better link for the video by Monkey-Man2000 · · Score: 4, Informative

    At least for me: http://vimeo.com/16311288

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