HP 1200C (was Re: [SunRescue] What Gem did I find?)

[Dave McGuire]

On March 25, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> For REAL docs you need the one that actually has a VAT of hot lead,
> then it casts all the type needed a line at a time.
> 
> The quality of this kind of imprint blows away the current
> made-for-convenience paper plate or aluminum plate technology.  You
> can see the depth of the printed letters, and it comes out really
> black.
> 
> I read of a company that interfaced an old Mac SE to one of these and
> then they printed to the device as a network printer.
> 
> Come on, Dave, you don't strike me as a "half-measures" sort of
> person.  Do it right - with hot lead.
> 
> (Just think, you could program the matrices needed for the hot lead in
> MetaFONT, then control a CNC machine to produce what you needed, if
> you wanted a different font.  Computer Modern with the depth of hot
> lead...wonderful! )

  8-D   Muahahahahaaa!!!

  Patrick...I like you, man.  We should party and frighten the
neighbors together.  Are you local to the DC area?

        -Dave McGuire