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

Mark J. Blair nf6x at nf6x.net
Tue Oct 13 15:17:57 CDT 2015


> On Oct 13, 2015, at 12:39 , tony duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> [Aluminium coated paper printers]
> 
>> Even Radio Shack had one of those!  But not for long.  Crumpling the paper
> 
> How did the original TRS-80 screen printer work -- the one that plugged into the 
> expanison bus and read out video RAM?

I think it was electrostatic, using the aluminized paper.

I don't imagine that electrostatic paper is still manufactured, is it? Even in different roll widths that might be cut down to support some old-timey computer printer?

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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
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