Band Printer Interface

From: Steve Robertson <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
Date: Sat Apr 24 10:23:55 1999

Group,

While digging through a surplus/thrift/junk dealers warehouse, I found
an old band printer that looks to be in pretty good condition.
Unfortunately, my short term memory isn't very good so the exact make
and model escape me.

It _may_ have been a "control data 5xxx" but, I'm not sure.

The machine is considerably larger than a washing machine and was
entirely white in color ( that might help to identify it ). It had an
access door in the front with a glass panel insert and another in the
rear for loading and unloading the forms.

The control panel was on the top of the cabinet on the right side. All
the controls were multicolored membrane switch/indicators.

Because of the stuff stacked around it, I could not open the electronics
bay to see what type connectors it might have.

Anyway, the question is: What kind of interface is this thing likely to
have?

I've been looking for a high speed printer and would like to haul it
home and hook it up to one of my minis. But, I'm not gonna bother if I
can't easily interface to it.

Thanks,

Steve Robertson <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
Received on Sat Apr 24 1999 - 10:23:55 BST