[rescue] Moth balls

[alex at lava-net.com]

I've thought about doing something like this with the Imagewriter I 
have sitting around doing nothing...though haven't gotten around to 
it.  I might be convinced to part with it though, it's in good shape 
and comes with a box (6 or 7) of new ribbons.
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 
08:08:12AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> >From: John Francini <francini at mac.com>
> >Date: 2008/06/13 Fri AM 08:50:37 EDT
> >To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> >Subject: Re: [rescue] Moth balls
> 
> >George,
> >
> >If it has a paper-tape reader and punch, it's an ASR-33.
> >
> >If it doesn't, it's a KSR-33.
> 
> Weren't there print-only versions? (Like you see in the movie newsrooms)
> 
> >The stuff on the right side just has to do with what variant of an  
> >ASR-33 it might be.  There were several variants over its 20+ year  
> >lifetime.
> >
> >Now if only I had either a computer with a current-loop interface or  
> >an interface converter.  There's nothing like the sound, vision, and  
> >smell of an ASR-33 to bring back memories of my first days of  
> >computing...
> 
> I *think* the circuit to interface a 20 mA loop to a serial port is quite trivial, and is probably available out on the web[0].
> 
> A very nice interim step would be a dot matrix printer, say like an Epson MX-80, or one of those nice 24 pin Panasonic impact printers... Printer ribbons aren't too hard to find, and fan-fold paper is still in ready supply.
> 
> I keep thinking of putting a dot matrix printer on my SPARC server, to log login requests - just the occasional grrrrrrrind to remind me of where we came from...
> 
> Lionel
> 
> [0] http://www.blackbox.co.uk/technical/manuals/C/CL1090A%20Manual.pdf
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