5 Mar
2013
5 Mar
'13
2:12 p.m.
On 03/05/2013 12:26 PM, Ethan Dicks 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.
There were the 630s, which were Hitype IIs, and then the earlier ones
(model escapes me at the moment) with the external power supply with
some very noisy fans.
All were, IIRC, available in RS232C, "centronics" parallel, as well as
12-bit OEM interface. KSR models as well as ROs.
The Artec Wapros, for example, used a KSR Hitype with what was about a
40-character LCD tacked onto the front. Wang used the Hitypes quite a
bit, but had their own typewheels. I believe that CPT used them also.
Then there were the wide-carriage Hitypes for bank use with three
printheads. A wonder to watch operating.
A collectible printer today might be the Diablo dot-matrix printer.
About the size of a regular RO Hitype, but with an incredibly loud
shrieking 9-wire printhead. I've only seen (and used) one.
--Chuck