Flexowritern.
/ˈflɛksəʊrʌɪtə/ The proprietary name of a kind of electric typewriter incorporating a tape-punch and a tape-reader.
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Flexowriter1955
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1955 Trade Marks Jrnl. 21 Sept. 927/1 Flexowriter. Appliances consisting of a typewriter and a duplicator in one unit for office use.
1956 I. A. Herrman Man. Office Reprod. xiii. 142 A Flexowriter punches codes in the edge of cards or in tape, and reads edge-punched cards or punched tape for automatic operation.
1964 C. Dent Quantity Surv. by Computer iii. 31 If a computer has facilities for accepting eight-channel tape, then the additional expense of Flexowriter input and output with its greater flexibility may be justified.
1968 Bodl. Libr. Rec. 8 63 The entries were typed on the flexowriter at RSL on envelopes of a standard size.
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