retrocomputing: driving 'miss' daisywheel
James Knott
james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sat Sep 25 19:17:53 UTC 2004
Stewart C. Russell wrote:
> I'm hoping there are geeks out there venerable enough to remember
> something about printing to a daisywheel. I just scored an IBM
> Wheelwriter 10 Series II 6783 typewriter with parallel print option from
> Freecycle.
>
> There's nothing about printer codes in the manual, and seemingly nothing
> on the net about controlling it. Dunno if it'll talk Diablo or Qume
> codes, but even these seem to have almost entirely dropped from memory.
>
> cheers,
> Stewart
>
> [ why bother?
>
> 1. The print quality from one of these is fabulous; sharp, with a
> slight indentation into the paper.
>
> 2. It works. My Epson inkjet complains bitterly (and sometimes
> expensively, by demanding new cartridges) if it's not powered up at
> least every month. This IBM hadn't been turned on for 10 years, but
> powered up and worked first time.
>
> 3. It was free, and is gloriously mechanical.
>
> 4. Why *not* bother? :-)
> ]
>
It might also be ebcdic.
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