Re: ambiguous
Maybe the ideal setup would be a sandwich -- two Selectrics with a computer in between.
No, the ideal setup would be one Selectric with a computer in-between.
Think of the possibilities. Most of the time, this would act as a buffer, and the typewriter would print what you type, as you type it. Occasionally (say, randomly, when a carriage return happens), you could have it insert an extra line of text:
"Help me, I'm trapped inside the typewriter".
That sort of thing.
You could probably achieve this fairly simply, using a Raspberry Pi Pico, a few jumper leads, a soldering iron, and a few hundred lines of Python (or C if you're a "Real Programmer" *).
*This is entirely to troll the Python programmers, just because it's fun. I'd probably implement this in Python if I could be bothered, and had a Selectric typewriter to hand.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
