Silent 700s

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Fri Nov 17 16:39:02 2000

The trick is getting one with a decent print head. The Silent 700 is
basically indestructible as far as I can tell but the print heads do wear
out. And when they do they get harder and harder to read. Replacements are
available for about $100 each and are good for a couple of years constant
service and probably 10yrs light duty.

Also be aware that there are several models of the Silent 700. I think I've
got two of each :-) and the lowest (745 does upper case and small
uppercase) the higher end (785) will do true upper and lower case with
decenders. Some have mass storage, my two favorites are the tape cassettes
and the bubble memory ones. (733 and 765)

So $2 for a 745 is about right, for a 765 (bubble memory) perhaps $50 is
more reasonable. (Let's put it this way, I'd probably sell my 765 for $50 :-)

--Chuck

At 02:57 PM 11/17/00 -0600, you wrote:
>At 04:13 PM 11/16/00 -0800, Seth wrote:
> >My portable Silent 700 works! Yeah baby!)
> >I'll bet they're expensive, though.
>
>I spotted three at $2 each at the surplus place.
>Anyone want one?
>
>- John
Received on Fri Nov 17 2000 - 16:39:02 GMT