Re: [vcf-midatlantic] how about a lovely vintage printer for that computer :-)
I've got two of these, one in case the other breaks (hah! yeah, right). Excellent printers. As Dave said, you can still get ribbons for most of these things. I bought two 6-pack boxes of Nu-Kote ribbons for my old TTX daisy wheel printer a year or so ago, probably a lifetime supply unless I start running some sort of business form on them. Along those lines, I'm still running an old HP LaserJet 4 as my main printer here, I've tried to replace it 3 or 4 times, and all of its would-be replacements have died. I finally had Ian go through it, apparently all of the roller assemblies and everything are not only available, but pretty cheap!
I bought 100 new MMJ connectors
Surprisingly, a bunch of telecom providers still have these in stock. Until recently, Vnetek (the folks that, eventually, ended up with DEC's small networks stuff) still carried the 100-pack under the original DEC part number. I threw some in on the last order from Vnetek, apparently that was the last of their MMJ connectors. Thanks, Jonathan On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 12:15 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I sent a reply I'm interested
Mike Rosen
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On Nov 19, 2018, at 8:22 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
If no one else wants it, then I will take it! I’m sure there is support for it for Commodore 64 ;) At the very least GEOS should support.
On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 7:14 PM Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I have some things that need adoption, starting with a lovely Panasonic KX-P1124
24 pin dot matrix printer. Come on, upgrade from that 9 pin printer already!
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
I've got two of these, one in case the other breaks (hah! yeah, right). Excellent printers.
I had a Panasonic 1124 as a young lad. I remember it would slow down when you print a large document, because the print head gets hot. Well, I was printing a large document. It slowed down, then something burned up and room smelled like dead electronics and the printer never worked again. I do remember opening it and finding a transitor that got real hot, so I replaced it. That didn't fix it. - Ethan
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