Unfortunately, there are none of the big impact printers in the collection. In my days as an HP Customer Engineer I worked on the 2613 and 2617 drum printers and the 2611 and 2619 chain printers. I don’t recall ever working on a 2618. Those drums and chains would be covered in caked on ink and paper dust – as were my hands after working on them…
The only full width data centre grade impact printers the museum has that I am currently aware of are the 2767, a 2608A and a 2563A – but there may be some more judging by some of the photos I can see in the museum’s records. From: Curious Marc [mailto:curiousma...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 18 July 2017 5:13 PM To: David Collins <davidkcolli...@gmail.com>; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: J. David Bryan <jdbr...@acm.org>; Classic Computing List <cct...@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: HP 12653A line printer interface Cool. Thanks for looking. Do you guys also have some of the full 132 column ones? In particular the HP2618A or related, 1200 lpm impact chain/train technology: http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=331 . I just acquired a 1200 lpm Memorex that looks like it is a rebadged Dataproducts with an IBM buss and tag interface added. I am wondering if it is based off the same mechanism/interface that was used in the HP2618A or its high end HP relatives of the time. Your web site says the HP2618A was made by Dataproducts, so that has me all intrigued. Marc From: David Collins Date: Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 4:54 PM Subject: Re: HP 12653A line printer interface I do indeed have the printer. Found it on the weekend. No sign of the interface card or cable yet though. David Collins On 14 Jul 2017, at 6:02 pm, CuriousMarc via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: Ah, thanks, I learned something. The HP 2767 is a weird beast - line drum printer but only 80 columns, from what I glean from hpmuseum.net. David (Collins), do you have the printer? Marc
