On 11/10/2016 10:13 AM, Tony Duell wrote: > Some of the old Daisywheel printers, both Diablo and Qume had an > interface with over 20 data lines. You specified print wheel > position, amount to advance the carriage, etc on separate lines.
Yup--my first daisywheel was the original Hitype--the one with the external (3 fan noisy) power supply. It had the OEM interface and I hooked that to an S100 card with 3 parallel ports. It was pretty cool; you could do logic-seeking, plotting, prop spacing and a host of other tricks with it. I think I still have the driver I wrote for it--and may have the OEM manual as well buried somewhere. Did I ever mention that I was well acquainted with the folks at Diablo-before-Xerox? Several wound up at Qume. Sigh. Daisywheels seem to be in the category of "unwanted junk". I still have a Qume and an Olivetti (sold with the M24) unit and have been unable to give them away. It seems that if a printer won't do graphics, nobody wants it. I did manage to give away a Diablo 630. --Chuck
