Fwd: decmate II

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Sat May 1 02:48:23 1999

It would help rather more to know what kind of printer it is. The fact
that it's a DECmate narrows down the range of possible printers somewhat,
but really isn't enough.

Although I'd strongly recommend that anyone still using a DECmate for real
work give some serious consideration to moving to something a bit more
modern, like WordStar on an IBM XT. The DECmate is a nice toy (I have
several), but if it breaks you're pretty much S.O.L. Several people have
written me asking if I could recover valuable data from their broken
DECmates, but they didn't feel like paying my consulting rates.

> Hey DEC DECMATE folks!
>
> The fellow whose msg is copied below is looking for some advice on
> re-belting a DECMATE II. As I have neither experience nor manual on the
> machine, I feel some of you may help instead as you're the types who really
> could.
>
> Email directly to Bill. The machine is somewhere in Minnesota. Thanks muchly!
>
> Regards, Chris
> -- --
>
> >Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:42:58 -0500
> >From: wdoherty <wdoherty_at_uswest.net>
> >To: cfandt_at_netsync.net
> >Subject: decmateII
> >
> >My mother-in-law (you can see why this is important to me!) has a
> >DECMATEII Cira 1983. The belt on the printer broke. DEC will sell her
> >the belt but nobody knows how to put it on. can you recommend sites,
> >collectors, or hobbyiests who may have this knowledge? She is also
> >willing to sell to a collector.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >Bill Doherty
Received on Sat May 01 1999 - 02:48:23 BST