Where have all the Selectrics gone?

From: Gene Buckle <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
Date: Mon May 26 16:41:00 2003

> What about the serial or parallel line printers that
> used a type band/belt?
>
Wow. That mention brings back memories. I used to have a GE Terminet 300
printer. It had a belt with little metal fingers of metal sticking up
perpendicularly out of the belt. Each had a letter on the end and they
ran constantly in front of an 80 column hammer bank. As soon as the right
character was lined up with the right hammer in the bank, *whack* a letter
was printed. :)

It was my only printer for quite some time. Serial too. I had it hooked
up to my Royal Alphatronics PC CP/M machine. Those were the days.
*laughs*

g.
Received on Mon May 26 2003 - 16:41:00 BST