It isn't difficult. But as anyone who knows, you must collect IMPACT printers!
None of this silly laser stuff, or even worse an ink-spitter (they actually
has ones that did!). Me my collection has a few:
An older wide Decwriter (LA120?)
A narrow DecWriter (LA30) that I modified to do upper and lower case.
A nice Centronics 300 LPM band printer.
A couple of Daisy-Wheel printers. Some actually work. The Qumes; I have a
Sprint3/4 (depending upon the boards) with a keyboard, a Sprint 5 (RO). I also
have a couple of Diablo ones that use the metal wheels.
Then there are the OTHER ones:
A couple of Noisy-90's (Silent 700s) of various types (some portable, some
not).
No to be true printer collector, one must have an impact printer somewhere.
Even a teletype would do in a pinch (somewhere I've got an ASR33 stashed).
On topic stuff: I've got some prints of the Qume printers somewhere if anyone
is interested. They are pretty simple to interface. I used a MC6821 PIA and a
few chips. Pretty easy.
Good luck to all
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