5 Mar
2013
5 Mar
'13
12:26 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Ethan Dicks
<ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
That sounds right. The printer I mentioned earlier was a "real"
(un-rebadged) Diablo 630 that we used to hang off of an Apple II
for most of our printing.
The ones for WPS systems were, IIRC, tabletop printers with a
largish (smalll lunchbox-sized) external PSU that tucked nicely
into the custom tables/cabinets. With room for paper, ribbons
and extra daisywheels.
I think I had one in college that was left behind in a move long
ago. Kept the WPS rig (PDP-8/a in a 48" rack with one RX02
pair installed and room for more drives). That one has a
programmer's panel on it now.
-ethan
I used to use a daisywheel printer at work in
1984, but even I would
pause at the shipping cost of one. They aren't light.
About the only one I'd even consider taking on (and that's *consider*,
mind you) is one that worked with WPS-8 and the LPQ8 interface.
I think that was a Diablo 630. I had a few of the parts here
somewhere. They here table top units with an optional table.