> On Oct 8, 2017, at 11:00 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >>> have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. >> You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic >> mechanism, however. >> >> --Chuck >> >> > I'm sure DEC did NOT make the actual wheel motor assembly. Qume and Diablo > were the two biggies in that arena. > Probably because of patents and copyrights, you couldn't just make compatible > daisy wheel font wheels, either. > > Jon
The one thing I googled up said that the printer the person was repairing had a Qume mechanism in it. Zane
