On 05/22/2017 10:44 AM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: > I know it's not considered a "true" teletype, because it's > essentially a little uC, a KB, and a little dot matrix printer, but I > will wear the stigma of shame of not owning a "proper" mechanical > model 33. I got home last night, and the unit fires up and works > (well, in local mode. Docs claim it is rs232 out the back, but could > not coax anything from my PC to it yet), though the ribbon has seen > better days. I used a bit of WD-40 to free up the ink, and so things > are legible now.
It's still pretty significant. In particular, I was a fan of the Dataspeed Model 40 line pritners. A tractor-feed band line printer, that, IIRC, could run at about 150 LPM, but fit on a tabletop. --Chuck