14 Jun
1997
14 Jun
'97
11:09 a.m.
On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Jim Willing wrote:
Well... to my mind the thing that made the MX-80
somewhat revolutionary for
its time was the user replacable print head that initially retailed for
about $35.00. Compared against other printers of the time which required a
trip to the shop and an average of $200.00 in repairs for a filed head, I
think it deserves its place of recognition.
You mean those heads could break? Mine refused to do anything of the
kind under incredible abuse. (Printing a complete set of manuals for
Tandy 6000 Xenix 3.2 in one operation comes to mind -- but that wasn't
the worst thing I did to the beast). My wife wouldn't let me have
another printer until that one failed -- and she was a computer
technician who would have recognized sabotage. Eventually I realised
that it would be easier to get a different wife...
--
Ward Griffiths
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within
the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe