> On Oct 13, 2015, at 12:39 , tony duell <[email protected]> wrote: > > [Aluminium coated paper printers] > >> Even Radio Shack had one of those! But not for long. Crumpling the paper > > How did the original TRS-80 screen printer work -- the one that plugged into > the > expanison bus and read out video RAM?
I think it was electrostatic, using the aluminized paper. I don't imagine that electrostatic paper is still manufactured, is it? Even in different roll widths that might be cut down to support some old-timey computer printer? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <[email protected]> http://www.nf6x.net/
