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

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