> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ethan > Dicks via cctalk > Sent: 06 July 2017 20:02 > To: Chuck Guzis <[email protected]>; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts <[email protected]> > Subject: Line printer art: (was Re: tape baking) > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It worked--I retrieved a tape of line printer art from Princeton quite > > successfully. Oddly, nobody was interested in a copy of the files. > > I'm interested! I'm about to read a card deck for an old work associate who > is > reasonably sure it has some ASCII art on it (it's unlikely to be a "lost" > picture, > but there's always a chance).
Me too. A few sites on-line have copies of these pics... > > > Go figure. Perhaps nobody owns a line printer that takes continuous > > forms any more. > > I still have at least one LA180, some LA100s, and probably several more > tractor-feed wide-carriage printers including one medium-sized > DataProducts line printer. What I don't have is an abundance of paper > - I have some, but not like 30 years ago when it was easy to get partial boxes > for free or cheap. I also have an LA100 plus a wide carriage daisy wheel... ... I got a few boxes when some showed up on E-Bay in the UK.. > > Feel free to PM me a link to where I could get a copy of these art files or > reply here with it. Thanks for the link. > > -ethan Dave
