Message: 12 Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:44:40 -0800 From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> Subject: Re: Hacking a typewriter into a teletype To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Message-ID: <4B7514F8.19394.8B6F5 at cclist.sydex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On 12 Feb 2010 at 6:36, Christian Liendo wrote: Didn't a number of Brother typewriter models have the capability of also serving as printers--without modifications? I also wonder if it might not be better to start with a word-processor type of typewriter. Mr. Obvious on the web page stated: "it also revealed that avr-gcc's code generation is very poorly optimized" --Chuck ----------------Reply: There's a genuine Brother computer>typewriter RO interface for sale right now ($5) on the Vintage Computer auction site. And if anyone wants to convert an Olivetti typewriter, I still have a box full of interfaces for several models from the days when I was involved in their sales and support. mike