[ale] Need Tractor Feed Dot Matrix printer
James P. Kinney III
jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Thu Dec 9 11:36:12 EST 2004
On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 11:22, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> I'm that ancient. That's what I was hacking on starting at the age of
> 13.
Ditto. Megs of ram was an unobtainable luxury. My first exposure was
industrial process testing computers. They had basically a teletype
terminal and the final testing output was on paper tape. Ugh. There was
a small display that held a 1 line buffer so the line could be verified
before entering the command. I never had to boot of these as once it
came up, noone, and I mean NO ONE, wanted to have to restart it.
Apparently it was quite an ordeal loading paper tape instruction sets
and flipping toggle switches to get the system in the right working
mode.
And people complain now about how hard it is to load Linux. Ha! My last
Fedora Core 3 install consisted of: pop in the DVD, reboot, select new
install, select minimal, hit enter, go drink coffee, remove DVD, reboot,
set IP address, load firewall scripts, bill client.
>
> - Jeff
>
> On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 09:30, Brian J. Dowd wrote:
> > My first home computer (1975) ran a Teletype ASR33...
> > Now that was a kick. Stood on an attached stand and was shipped to
> > me bolted to a wooden palette. Sounded just like a newsroom at 110 baud :-)
> > Is anyone else ancient on this list or are the other geezers still
> > running DOS or Windows?
> > -B
> >
> > >It's an understandable question if you haven't lived through the
> > >transition from impact printers to laser printers and inkjet printers.
> > >
> > >Basically, impact printers (of which dot-matrix printers are a subset,
> > >technicaly) can be butt-fast (a certain DEC printer I used to run could
> > >fill up a room pretty quickly if you sent it a few K of form feeds), can
> > >bang out carbon and carbonless copies and keep them attached, and can
> > >make print-through hidden carbons (the kind that you get in the mail and
> > >rip the ends off to see the letter inside - you tell the printer to lift
> > >the ribbon). Some of the printers I've used will create barcodes in
> > >their firmware for you. As said elsewhere, consumables are cheap on a
> > >per-page basis.
> > >
> > >They can be expensive. The ones that have been in production for a long
> > >time are quite rugged - that's really what you're paying for.
> > >
> > >Jeff
> > >
> > >On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 20:50, Parker McGee wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Forgive me for my ignorance and off-topicness, but what is the benefit
> > >>to these printers over say a normal inkjet printer?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:26:03 -0500, Nathan J. Underwood
> > >><ale1 at cybertechcafe.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I've got some Okidata's lying around that I've not gotten around to
> > >>>putting on ebay yet. They're black and white only (no color). Email me
> > >>>off board if you're interested.
> > >>>--
> > >>>registered linux user # 73046
> > >>>
> > >>>Nathan J. Underwood
> > >>>Cyber Tech Cafe' <><
> > >>>http://www.cybertechcafe.net
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>Allan Neal wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>I have an old ALPS (Epson compatible) 24 pin color dot matrix. Not sure the
> > >>>>exact model anymore, but I believe it will do everything you require. I even
> > >>>>have about a reem worth of tractor feed paper for it.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Let me know if you are interested.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Allan
> > >>>>
> > >>>>On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 02:58:39AM -0500, Bob Toxen wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>I'm looking for an inexpensive Dot matrix printer that has
> > >>>>>Tractor Feed and Friction Feed that will work on both 8.5 x 11 paper
> > >>>>>(actually 9.5 inches wide including the tear off parts with holes)
> > >>>>>and "1 up address labels" and has parallel port support.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>(My old one finally died after a measly 18 years and it's time to spit
> > >>>>>out labels for monthly billing.)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>I don't care whether it's used or new but looking for impact rather than
> > >>>>>ink jet (due to cost of refills).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Anybody want to sell me one or point me at a store?
> > >>>>>(I know about MicroSeconds, Freys, and MicroCenter)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>THANKS!
> > >>>>>Bob Toxen
> > >>>>>bob at verysecurelinux.com [Please use for email to me]
> > >>>>>http://www.verysecurelinux.com [Network&Linux/Unix security consulting]
> > >>>>>http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com [My book:"Real World Linux Security 2/e"]
> > >>>>>Quality Linux & UNIX security and SysAdmin & software consulting since 1990.
> > >>>>>
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> > >>>>> -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002
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