pinout for smith corona ultrasonic 350 messenger?

James Rice jrice54 at vzavenue.net
Thu Dec 2 23:36:13 CST 2004


Over the next couple of months, as I upack my collection after my move, 
I'll look on the off chance that I didn't chunk the module.  If I find 
it, it's yours for the shipping costs.

James

Joe R. wrote:

>    Then it sounds like it will do what I want IF I can find the messanger
>module.  Was the RS-232 two way and use both the printer (output) and
>keyboard (input) or was it strickly for printing?  Can you tell me briefly
>what the module looked like?
>
>    Joe
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>At 10:03 PM 12/2/04 -0600, you wrote:
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>>I owned one of those in the mid eighties.  It is not a serial port.  
>>There was a "Messenger Module" that sold for an additional $450 that had 
>>both a serial and parallel port that attached to the DB-9F on the 
>>typewriter.  I threw out my messenger module last spring :-( as my 
>>ex-wife kept my typewriter.
>>
>>James
>>
>>Joe R. wrote:
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>>> I picked up a fancy Smith Corona Ultrasonic 350 Messenger electronic
>>>typewriter a few days ago. It has a DB-9F connector on them back. I'm
>>>hoping that it's a RS-232 port so that I can use it for a serial console.
>>>Does anyone know anything about these or the pinout for it?
>>>
>>>  Joe
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
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