8 Jul
2014
8 Jul
'14
10:35 a.m.
On Tuesday (07/08/2014 at 09:30AM -0600), Richard wrote:
At the "last hurrah" of the black hole,
there were approximately 10
Silent 700s similar to the variety shown here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Silent-700.jpg>
I didn't need these for my collection, but I always felt bad that I
didn't give them a low-ball offer just to grab the bunch.
Yes. They are a nice unit. Very modern compared to the 725 :-) I have
several of these too. They have an 8080 CPU running them while the 72x
and 73x have no microprocessor.
I did not scan the brochure I linked to earlier. I found it somewhere
on the web and then moved it into my own archive here.
I have kept my first 725 running since 1975 when I first acquired it as
a kid. At one point in the early 80's, it needed a new printhead and I
was able to obtain one as they were still selling parts at that time.
Fixed 'er right up (thanks to Dad's credit card). A few years ago, I
fired it up again and a driver transistor had failed, preventing paper
advance. It seems all of my problems with these units are related to
paper advance :-)
I buy thermal FAX paper at OfficeMax or equiv and although the rolls
are smaller diameter, it's the same paper and works fine in these units.
The 725 I recently acquired is in excellent cosmetic condition and does
print nicely (all on one line ;-) ) so if I can fix the disappeared belt,
I'll have another nice unit for the collection. It does not have external
RS232 breakout and only offers the acoustic coupler for I/O so I will use
it with my dialup modem simulator to "dial in" to various legacy systems.
Chris
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Chris Elmquist