26 Jan
2023
26 Jan
'23
10:07 p.m.
What about the SCM Kleinschmidt spin printer.
Don Resor
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On Jan 26, 2023, at 1:56 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 1/26/23 13:23, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
Even a daisy wheel is easily capable of twice that.
But, we didn't have convenient access to anything better half a century
ago.
<Pedant>A couple of years ago, that would have been true. But the
Diablo Daisy-wheels date from at least 1972. You're also forgetting the
thermal printers, like the TI Silent 70, which could sail along at 30
cps (1971). There were other variations. I recall a Singer terminal
that used a spinning typewheel (One always ended with a page eject
because the damned thing would leave a vertical smear of black ink if
left unattended). Carriage was unidirectional via wormscrew rod; return
was via a spring that was stretched as the carriage advanced. I
couldn't find anything on bitsavers about this creature, but I used one
in the early 70s.</Pedant>
--Chuck