5 Sep
2006
5 Sep
'06
5:12 p.m.
I'm aware of the TRS-80 PT210 and the TI Silent 700 line of portable
printing terminals. All are incapable of printing lowercase. Is anyone
here aware of one that does do lowercase?
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5 Sep
5 Sep
5:35 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, David Griffith wrote:
I'm aware of the TRS-80 PT210 and the TI Silent
700 line of portable
printing terminals. All are incapable of printing lowercase. Is anyone
here aware of one that does do lowercase?
There was an accessory ROM for the Silent 700 series for lower case.
It was not a very nice font.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
5:42 p.m.
David Griffith wrote:
I'm aware of the TRS-80 PT210 and the TI Silent
700 line of portable
printing terminals. All are incapable of printing lowercase. Is anyone
here aware of one that does do lowercase?
Depending on your definition of "portable"... an HP-150 with the built in
printer
could do lower case (I'm pretty sure).
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7:18 p.m.
David Griffith wrote:
> I'm aware of the TRS-80 PT210 and the TI Silent 700 line of portable
> printing terminals. All are incapable of printing lowercase. Is anyone
> here aware of one that does do lowercase?
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Bill Sudbrink
wrote:
Depending on your definition of
"portable"...
an important distinction; in those days, anything that wasn't bolted down
was likely to be called "portable"
A few typewriter sized ones had cases with handles.
... and, of course, machines like the DTC300 were on casters, ...
8:06 p.m.
Depending on your definition of
"portable"... an HP-150 with the built in
printer
could do lower case (I'm pretty sure).
An HP71B + Datacomms ROM + 2225B Thinkjet printer + either an HP82164
RS232 interface or HP82168 modem is portable. It can certainly do lower case.
Although personally, I'd rather carry a VT220....
Other 'sillies' would be just about any laptop computer + a portable
printer. Or the Epson HX20 + suitable software (the printer on that
machine will print in lower case). I assume the printer cartridge for the
PX4 can too.
-tony
9:51 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
I don't think I was being silly. The HP-150 with the _BUILT_IN_
printer was fairly compact. You would only have to carry it and
its keyboard as the terminal operations were built in. I seem to
recall a padded bag designed just for that purpose. The 150 with
no drives (not required for terminal operations) was a little bit
smaller than the original Mac. I seem to recall it as a nice
terminal... it had a pleasant font with bright, bold, underline
and maybe italic, smooth scrolling and a point addressable graphics
mode (I once wrote a program to display fractals on it).
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Depending on your definition of
"portable"... an HP-150 with
the built in printer could do lower case (I'm pretty sure).
An HP71B + Datacomms ROM + 2225B Thinkjet printer + either an HP82164
RS232 interface or HP82168 modem is portable. It can certainly do
lower case.
Although personally, I'd rather carry a VT220....
Other 'sillies' would be just about any laptop computer + a portable
printer.
6 Sep
6 Sep
6:34 p.m.
I don't think I was being silly. The HP-150 with the _BUILT_IN_
printer was fairly compact. You would only have to carry it and
its keyboard as the terminal operations were built in. I seem to
Not having an original 150, just a 150-II which doesn't have a built-in
printer, can you tell me if the ROM terminal software allows you to print
out incoming characters as they come (rather than say, just doing screen
dumps).
Another possibility (if we're considering things that would normally be
called computers) is the HP Integral. It doesn't have terminal software
in ROM, but it does have a single internal floppy drive. And a Thinkjet
printer on top. There's even a little space where you can store the mains
lead and a couple of floppies [1] when you want to carry the machine about.
Alas the Integral doesn't have a serial port as standard. There are 2
expansion slots, and serial cards existed (but I am _still_ looking for
one for my Integral).
[1] The UK mains lead, with the large plug we use over here, doesn't
really fit. And I don't like storing floppies next to the printer stepper
motors. So I use that space to store the optional mouse.
recall a padded bag designed just for that purpose.
The 150 with
no drives (not required for terminal operations) was a little bit
smaller than the original Mac. I seem to recall it as a nice
terminal... it had a pleasant font with bright, bold, underline
and maybe italic, smooth scrolling and a point addressable graphics
mode (I once wrote a program to display fractals on it).
Indeed. I should have the manual giving the control codes, etc (didn't
they call it AGIOS -- Alphanumeric and Graphics I/O System). I know I
have the techref for the 150 with the 150-II suplement (giving
schematics, etc).
-tony
5 Sep
5 Sep
7:32 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, David Griffith wrote:
I'm aware of the TRS-80 PT210 and the TI Silent
700 line of portable
printing terminals. All are incapable of printing lowercase. Is anyone
here aware of one that does do lowercase?
I suppose you could classify this as a portable, since it comes in its
own Samsonite suitcase:
http://ripsaw.cac.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/Terminals/index.html#teleterm
It does pseudo-lowercase. It has a "lower shift" key next to the
regular shift key. In "lower shift" mode, the characters are printed
about 2/3 the size of the upper case characters, but they look like
miniature versions of the upper case font. The "lower shift" key locks.
When you press the regular shift key, it unlocks the "lower shift" key,
and everything prints in upper case.
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://ripsaw.cac.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
7:57 p.m.
I'm aware of the TRS-80 PT210 and the TI Silent 700 line of portable
printing terminals. All are incapable of printing lowercase. Is anyone
here aware of one that does do lowercase?
I hae a portable themal prining terminal, I forget the _real_ brand but
it's badged 'CAE' or something. It has a built-in accoustiv modem with
the cups on the back panel.
Anyway, it prints smallcaps for lower case. They're distiguishable from
upper case characters, but they are not true lower case patterns.
-tony
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