> On 8 Oct 2017, at 19:00, 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.
Well yes, it was a Qume 1220. DEC didn’t make an awful lot of stuff outside of the actual PDP/VAX area. A
