Here's my latest. It's a typewriter that can type on its own and detect what's being typed on it, so that you can play text-based games with it.
http://upnotnorth.net/2010/10/29/a-new-way-to-interact-with-fiction/
Enjoy!
Interesting - you re-implemented a tele-type (well, a version of one, anyhow; iirc, teletypes used a selectric ball mechanism or a daisy wheel, mostly - I imagine later ones used dot-matrix carriages)...
Something like that would be wonderful hooked up to my Altair (provided it was in running condition, which it currently isn't)...
Thats hella cool ;D
I've seen this kinda game before, but not implemented like this
Nice!
--Dylan
Cool project. Years ago, before computer printers were widely and cheaply available, you used to be able to buy kits that converted IBM Selectric typewriters into printer terminals. As I recall, they were a pain to get and keep working properly. I used to have a Teletype ASR-33 in my dorm room at Univ. of Mich. Good times.