[Boatanchors] IBM Selectric Terminal

[Carl]

Sanders went with a Kleinschmidt line printer which sounded more like an 
AK-47. Adjusting impact for multiple copies was often touch and go as 
customers kept switching paper suppliers.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: "Boatanchors" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] IBM Selectric Terminal


> I'd bet they would pay to haul one of those away!
>
> We had a line printer on a DEC PDP-11 DOS system. It used to EAT the
> ribbons.
>
> The ribbons came with a pair of vinyl gloves and you really did need them!
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> To: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> Cc: "Boatanchors" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] IBM Selectric Terminal
>
>
>> Or - if you're set on newer technology, really want a challenge, and
>> like noise as well as mess - get an old 4248 impact printer. A ribbon
>> as wide as a roll of paper towels and a nice viewing window into the
>> sound-deadened cabinet.
>>
>> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Bob Macklin <macklinbob at msn.com> wrote:
>>> Just get an old TTY machine. They have "CHARACTER"!
>>>
>>> If you want ASCII code get a model 37!
>>
>
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