[Coco] More related stuff found, looking for a good home

[michaelkline704 at gmail.com]

I would also be interested in knowing where and >>if<<, the pens are still
available somewhere. I have the TRS-80 PC-2 Printer/Cassette Interface. It
uses the same pens.  I heard that they are possibly available in Europe. But
I don't have the details. 

John, 

Roll paper is available in many sizes and thicknesses. You may have search
by paper thickness width. If too large, then cut down. Or make a paper spool
holder that sits behind the printer. You may have to cut the width so that
it fits the width of the printer. These are just ideas. You can search for
New-Old-Stock cassettes on eBay or Amazon. I bought several 30-minute
Maxell's last year. Still the question about these old, shrink-wrapped
cassettes are; do they still move freely? That will be answered on a
cassette-by-cassette basis. 

There is a source for Cassettes. I've never tried them. I Bing search
revealed: https://www.deltamedia.com/collections/audio-cassettes

Cheers!'
Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of John Guin
Sent: 24 February 2022 11:25
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] More related stuff found, looking for a good home

Related question:

Is there even a source for paper, pens and  ink for these (now really old)
printers?  I imagine the only source is leftover stock at this point but
maybe someone knows an answer here.

My first Coco was a Coco2 that included a CGP-115 printer and cassette
recorder.  That printer was slow and resulted in "blocky" printouts.  The
nifty part is that the look of those printouts is fashionable again (yay 8
bit graphic revival) so I just wonder if it is even possible to get the
original printers working again.

Feel free to repeat this question for floppies, fan feed paper, etc...  And
does anyone even make blank cassettes anymore?

John