28 May
1999
28 May
'99
1:23 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
As an aside, there have been laser printer interfaces
where the host
computer gets to control the laser engine control signals directly,
rather than talking to a 'formatter board' that turns
text/graphics/postscript/whatever into a suitable bitmap for printing.
[...]
The standard PERQ laser printer interface was like
this, and I've seen
similar interface cards for PCs, Atari STs and Acorn Archimedes machines
I think the Amstrad PCW printer works the same way. I can't check the FAQ
right now, but IIRC one item says, "How can I connect my Amstrad printer to
another machine? How can I connect another printer to the Amstrad?"
(Answer: Basically, you can't.) I don't remember if that printer is a
laser, inket, or matrix printer.
I've seen (and probably still have somewhere)
plastic daisywheels with a
metal pin for the '.' , just to make the last a little longer when used
like this.
Were there a couple of other commonly-reinforced pins, like 'e'?
-- Derek