On 2/2/25 08:43, Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk wrote: > My first printer was a TeleType ASR35 (with typing reperforator!) I > got a few shocks being careless with the 20mA loop at 130VDC! > > The ease of paper tape meant I was very late getting into the cassette > for backup, although I did build a kansas city interface for my 6800 dev > kit!
My first personal printer was a Diablo Hitype I with the OEM 12-bit interface. I used two S100 parallel ports (don't recall the card) and wrote my own logic-seeking bidirectional driver. Still have the code somewhere. While that produced very nice copy, I lusted after the Teletype DataSpeed 40 line printer. Almost bought one, but got sidetracked by other shiny baubles. --Chuck
