Teletype 33 vs. IBM Selectric Terminal 2741 838

I remember using a GTE badged 2741 type terminal in the early 1970s (late 1960s?) that had a built in magnetic cbuttette type storage. The tape drive was integrated on the side of the terminal case and pointed up at an angle. There were buttons to control the tape functions. The tape was definitely meant to be used as a storage medium for the terminal. Kinda of a 2741 version of paper tape. This was the only example I can recall of "off-line" storage in a 2741 type terminal.

Hardcopy 2741s were replaced in mid-1970s by CRT terminals from a company called Telray (Teleray?).

Also ran across other versions of 2741 terminals (e.g. University Computing Corporation, UCC). At the University we were mainly an IBM shop. What connections we had to the remote DEC-10 and local DEC-20 were always through DECWriters or the cheapest CRT terminals the Computing Center could find.

Nice thing about DECWriters vs. 2741s was that you didn't have to worry about having the right typeball when switching from APL to WYLBUR on the IBM-370 (or to using the DEC-20). Just flip a switch to jump between APL and full character set.

Cheers,

Lee Courtney