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Air Warrior (video game)
“Hundreds of pilots at a time, and every flight sim since owes it a wingtip salute.”
“It typed the future onto tape, then let the tape run out.”
The IBM MT/ST — Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typewriter, known in Europe as the MT72 — was a Selectric typewriter built into its own desk, married to magnetic tape recording and playback in an attached enclosure, complete with controls and a bank of relays. Released in 1964, it let people record what they typed and play it back, a startling idea at the time. For writers and offices, it was the closest thing to magic a des
It soldiered on for nearly twenty years before retiring in 1983, having seen the word processor go from experiment to everyday. It left behind a simple legacy: the notion that a typewriter could remember. Every document that saves itself owes it a small nod of thanks.
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“Hundreds of pilots at a time, and every flight sim since owes it a wingtip salute.”
“Alps switches, ADB ports on both sides — it left the desk with dignity”
“You pressed the buttons, but the show still went on without you.”