VT52s, VT61s lots of DEC and DG keyboards- return trip through Maine, MA, NY, PA, OH, IN to IL

[Jon Elson]

On 10/12/2015 10:32 PM, Nigel Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I picked up a few of the VT52s today and they looked pretty good.
> Paul, if you come across any VT52s that have the built-in screen
> printer could you take some pictures please.
>
> Has anyone ever seen one? I had an idea it used a silvered-paper and
> burned it off? or am I mis-remembering.
>
I stripped some VT-52s (or possibly VT-55s) a LONG time 
ago.  (They were in a dumpster and not complete at the time, 
so don't yell sacrilege!)  But, I do remember the printer.  
Yes, I believe it did burn off the silver to make a black mark.

Jon