I think he means one of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1403
I actually worked on these way back in the 70s, changing out the fan-fold forms and replacing the giant roll ribbons. Mostly we printed credit card and insurance offers, aka junk mail. It was not much fun trying to "rewind" the tape drives that fed the variable data whenever a ribbon failed. Good luck finding one; these are antiques now. Wasn't there someone a while back posting a free teletype machine? That would probably work too. Jeff Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > You mean a daisy-wheel printer like one of these? > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Mykle Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am working on some fancy typewriter-embossed mylar book covers, for > > copies of my most > > recent book "I, SLUTBOT". I hope to finish this in the next week or so, to > > sell during > > the Nondenominational Gift Season. > > .. > > Does anybody on this list know where I could find a line printer that still > > works? > > I would probably want to experiment with output a bit, and then run a final > > production of 20 or so sheets of mylar through it. _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
