2 Feb
2025
2 Feb
'25
5:34 p.m.
On 2/2/25 08:43, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote:
My first printer was a TeleType ASR35 (with typing
reperforator!) I
got a few shocks being careless with the 20mA loop at 130VDC!
The ease of paper tape meant I was very late getting into the cassette
for backup, although I did build a kansas city interface for my 6800 dev
kit!
My first personal printer was a Diablo Hitype I with the OEM 12-bit
interface. I used two S100 parallel ports (don't recall the card) and
wrote my own logic-seeking bidirectional driver. Still have the code
somewhere.
While that produced very nice copy, I lusted after the Teletype
DataSpeed 40 line printer. Almost bought one, but got sidetracked by
other shiny baubles.
--Chuck