Re: History

[Neil Palmer <NPalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Larkin wrote:
> 
> Pat Barber wrote:
> >
> > You want old history:
> >
> > What is a MFCU & what did it attach to ???????
> >
> > What was it's primary purpose ??????
> 
> Multi Function Card Unit
> As I recall, it was attached to System/3
> Didn't it run that weird data entry setup with the two keyboards, one
> screen, and mirrors that split the screen and let each entry person
> view
> their half of the screen.

Bob - that was a 3742 Data Entry (8" diskette) machine.
You also had the single 3741, and that could be directly attached to the
S/3 for 'cardless' input.

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