The
ASR33 - which stands for
Automatic Send Receive - was the classic
teletype. This is a
dumb terminal for
serial connection to
computers.
Input is via a
keyboard of
sculpted circular keys.
Output is via a
golfball onto
continuous paper. The ASR33 also had a
paper tape device for input and output.
In use, the ASR33 is extremely
slow (110
baud) and
noisy. You can see a picture of one at http://www.wins.uva.nl/faculteit/museum/teletype_fs.html