23 May
2017
23 May
'17
8:45 p.m.
On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Jim Brain via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 5/23/2017 1:07 AM, dave.g4ugm at gmail.com wrote:
Superb!
You probably need a null modem cable.
I had one (and used it), but not all null modem cables are evidently the
same :-) I soldered up a loopback as you suggested, and the unit dropped
into DATA MODE on startup. The printer ribbon has less life left in it than I
anticipated, but a list
member is helping me, so it should be good to go after a deep cleaning and a
light oiling.
Back in the day, there was a re-inking product, the Mac Inker. Since
those are not easy to dig up now, what options are there? Also,
because there's often plenty of pigment, what oil/solvents are good to
wrest some of that pigment back out of a dried ribbon?
-ethan