[TriLUG] Items to give away

[David Burton]

It was probably a Diablo. I have one of those, too. Mine is a HyType I,
model 1200
<http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Xerox/XEROX.Diablo_HyTypeI.1973.102646256.pdf>.
It uses a inked or carbon-film ribbon in a cartridge which rides back and
forth with the printhead and its spinning pinwheel.

Dave


On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Pete Soper <pete at soper.us> wrote:

> One place I went to school had a Univac "remote terminal" that had a
> printing terminal, a keyboard, and the world's slowest punched card reader
> connected to the 1108 across campus at some weirdball speed like 150 baud.
> The font was on the outer flat edge of a ring that spun in front of the
> paper while the wheel moved left to right.  A hammer struck the paper from
> behind at just the right moment. The registration was perfect. I can't
> recall if it had a ribbon or whether the wheel ran across some kind of ink
> applicator from a reservoir. The wheel was maybe 3" in diameter.
>
> -Pete
>
> On 02/11/2015 03:07 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>
>> On 02/11/2015 02:40 PM, David Burton wrote:
>>
>>> On the off chance that wasn't a joke...
>>> http://www.ebay.com/sch/Printers-/1245/i.html?_from=
>>> R40&_nkw=NEC+Spinwriter
>>>
>>
>> Those are all actually "pin-writers", as in "no-spin". I meant the
>> ball-type "daisy wheels". They do one thing no other printer will do, print
>> through 7 carbons with true perfect letter quality.
>>
>> I had one connected to an Apple][ back when. I could print at least a
>> case of paper with one ribbon. I have a serial port nothing uses anymore.
>> So, just to possess one of those clattering beasts would be my notion of
>> fun. The one I had came with a keyboard! :) Ric
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHgpmwIkIgg
>>
>