GE Terminet terminal

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Tue Jun 1 13:56:09 2004

On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 19:45, John Lawson wrote:
> What is being described is almost surely a Terminet - an ASCII
> teleprinter using a continuous rotating band with upright 'fingers'
> containing the individual characters - these passed in front of 72
> hammers, and behind them were the ribbon and paper respectively. There
> were three complete sets of character fingers, thus cutting the 'latency'
> of the band in thirds. When the right character arrived at the correct
> position on the page, the opposing hammer fired and imprinted it.
> The fingers were easily removable allowing for alternate fonts and
> character sets.

I had one of those, and loved it! Until it got mechanically flakey and I
tossed it off the balcony (I have photos). Wish I had it now!

Not light. Annoying timing to send chars. Serial I think, don't recall.

Would love to have one again, just for the noise it makes.

(Though nothing beats a Kleinschmidt drum printer for sheer pointless
racket.)
Received on Tue Jun 01 2004 - 13:56:09 BST