[rescue] Looking to dump old Centronics printer

[Jeffrey Nonken]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 20:05:26 -0500 (EST), Larry Snyder
<larrys at lexis-nexis.com> wrote:

> "Jeffrey Nonken" <jeff_work at nonken.net> wrote:
> >
> > I have a Centronics 702 printer. Condition unknown, worked 10 years
> > ago
>
> Wow!  I think I had one of those 15-20 years ago.  IIRC, it had an
> electronic VFU.

Yep.

>  It weighed a ton, ran forever, and at the time was
> well-enough documented to hook it to almost anything.

Standard Centronics interface, baby. It's a Centronics. You can't get any
more
standard than that. :)

> Mine printed
> text off the back of a Tek 4051 and later a PDP-11/03.  Wasn't much
> for graphics (although there may have been a way...don't remember).

Don't think there are graphics, but the print quality is far inferior to
what's considered "draft" nowadays.

> It's a tank.  Don't kill it if you can avoid it!

I'd love to save it, but it's taking up room, doing nothing for me, and if I
move it's just gonna be an anchor.

The good news is that if I move a significant distance, it likely won't be
for
at least six months.

On the other hand, if it is less than six months, it means it's practically
an
emergency, and I'll have to travel light. Which means no S-100 systems, big
printers, or 8" floppy drives.

Two people think it's worth saving right off the bat, so when I dig it out of
the garage I'll try to clean it up and see if it works.

I still have a couple replacement fuses from when I spilled tea into it. :)

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