[Coco] Coco serial cable(My very first printer)
George Ramsower
georgeramsower at gmail.com
Sat Aug 29 18:00:26 EDT 2009
My first computer was a grey case, 4K coco.
I don't remember the year but, my very first printer was a teletype machine.
It had a keyboard and a paper tape, recorder/player.
Noisy darned thing would also act as a device to aggrevate my wife to the point that she said "Lose it or make it quieter".
I had to put it in a hall closet and line the closet with blankets to make it acceptable to her.
It did not do a line feed on a carriage return. I added a solenoid, capacitor and a micro-switch to make it do a line feed.
Finally, DAK Industries sold a Dry Ink Jet printer from Olivetti that replaced it. I think it was a PR1200.
A long, long time ago in a place far, far away.
George
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