22 May
2017
22 May
'17
1:20 p.m.
On 05/22/2017 10:44 AM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
I know it's not considered a "true"
teletype, because it's
essentially a little uC, a KB, and a little dot matrix printer, but I
will wear the stigma of shame of not owning a "proper" mechanical
model 33. I got home last night, and the unit fires up and works
(well, in local mode. Docs claim it is rs232 out the back, but could
not coax anything from my PC to it yet), though the ribbon has seen
better days. I used a bit of WD-40 to free up the ink, and so things
are legible now.
It's still pretty significant. In particular, I was a fan of the
Dataspeed Model 40 line pritners. A tractor-feed band line printer,
that, IIRC, could run at about 150 LPM, but fit on a tabletop.
--Chuck