14 Oct
2008
14 Oct
'08
10:03 p.m.
All,
Thanks to all who responded with the good information. For now my plan is to put a decent
Apple ][ together for keeps and sell the other software and hardware. I listed it at
http://www.applefritter.com/node/23531
I have put up a few items on ebay :
Apple II Pascal
Apple II Fortran
Apple II GEOS
Apple II Software Cassettes
I'll be putting more up there over the next couple weeks. If you like Apple stuff keep
a watch for
ebay seller "10types". I want to spare cctalk these "I'm selling this
and this and this" posts.
BTW, I told those who responded to me that I just remembered a fun college project with an
Apple II, Pascal and a Diablo print wheel printer (actually a print terminal). I
programmed it to form graphics and mathematical symbols by taking advantage of the
Diablo's micro-spacing features (controlled with escape sequences). Does anyone else
remember that? When? Well... I graduated college in 1981 (way back after the discovery
of the first bit).
Scott
----- Original Message ----
From: Scott Austin <us21090 at yahoo.com>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 2:28:06 PM
Subject: Apple ][* stuff needs new homes
All,
Out of the shadows to say, I need to sell/trade/other my Apple ][* gear.
I've detailed some of the Apple ][* items at
http://www.applefritter.com/node/23531
I'm also interested in hearing which items may be more valuable and
worth putting up on ebay (be that as it is).
If you have any interest or comments, contact me off-list.
Thanks,
Scott
us21090 at yahoo.com
15 Oct
15 Oct
4:16 p.m.
New subject: print-wheel/daisy-wheel printers / was Re: Apple ][* stuff needs new homes
Scott Austin wrote:
BTW, I told those who responded to me that I just remembered a fun college project with
an Apple II, Pascal and a Diablo print wheel printer (actually a print terminal). I
programmed it to form graphics and mathematical symbols by taking advantage of the
Diablo's micro-spacing features (controlled with escape sequences). Does anyone else
remember that? When? Well... I graduated college in 1981 (way back after the discovery
of the first bit).
I sure do remember that: as an undergrad, my first task for an OS
research project was to convert the system troff-style fixed-pitch text formatter
to support proportional font spacing. Output was to a daisy-wheel printer (don't
recall the actual printer manuf/model) using that same sort of micro-spacing feature.
This would have been late-'79/early-'80, so the same time frame as your task.
3:36 p.m.
New subject: print-wheel/daisy-wheel printers / was Re: Apple ][* stuff needs
I sure do remember that: as an undergrad, my first
task for an OS
research project was to convert the system troff-style fixed-pitch
text formatter
to support proportional font spacing. Output was to a daisy-wheel
printer (don't
recall the actual printer manuf/model) using that same sort of
micro-spacing feature. >
This would have been late-'79/early-'80, so the same time frame as your task.
I rmeembr a program called ApplePlot which included a routine to dump the
Apple ][ hires display to a Qume Sprint 5 (I think) daisywheel printer.
It used the microspacing features of this printer, and printed the image
using only the full stop (period) character of the printwheel. It was, of
course, slow, noisy, and hard on the printwheel...
This sort of thing must have been fairly common, since I remember (and
may still have somehwere) plastic daisywheels with a metal pin in the
full stop character so that it would last longer if used like this (all
other characfters were the normal moulded plastic ones).
-tony
6:36 p.m.
New subject: print-wheel/daisy-wheel printers / was Re: Apple ][* stuff needs new homes
college project with an Apple II, Pascal and a Diablo
print wheel
printer (actually a print terminal). I programmed it to form graphics
and mathematical symbols by taking advantage of the Diablo's
micro-spacing features (controlled with escape sequences). Does
In 1980, I used a DTC300 (Diable Hytype I) to plot.
I wanted to write primitives to use it with Calcomp 570 and
Stromberg-Datagraphics 4020 plotting libraries. I was MUCH too lazy to
finish the task.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
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