Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I had some DEC branded daisy wheel printers years ago, but they are long > gone now. There was also an LA75 and and LA210, IIRC. > > Cindy > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jon > Elson via cctalk > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 11:02 AM > To: Adrian Graham; gene...@ezwind.net; discuss...@ezwind.net:On-Topic and > Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer? > > > >> On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >>>> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix > printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > >>> > DEC sold a number of printers of varying speeds. I think they may all > have been drum printers, but there may have been a band or train printer, > too. these were all based on mechanisms made by other outfits, with DEC > controller and branding. But, not a lot of installations bought them, as > DEC added a premium to the price. I've only seen the real DEC printers in > advertising and handbook photos. > > jon > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > I have a DEC branded daisy wheel printer. I think it is a Diablo 1620. It was part of a ClassIC which is an 8/a with RX-01 and VT terminal of some type in a desk with a chair. This one had the daisy wheel printer and a DECwriter. I have not looked closely at the printer mechanism. The DECwriter is in pretty bad shape but I have the 8/a and RX-01 running (mostly). The original desk and chair are going to be refurbished next. What is the purpose of the query? -- Doug Ingraham PDP-8 SN 1175
RE: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
I had some DEC branded daisy wheel printers years ago, but they are long gone now. There was also an LA75 and and LA210, IIRC. Cindy -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jon Elson via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 11:02 AM To: Adrian Graham; gene...@ezwind.net; discuss...@ezwind.net:On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer? >> On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>>> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >>>> have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. >>> DEC sold a number of printers of varying speeds. I think they may all have been drum printers, but there may have been a band or train printer, too. these were all based on mechanisms made by other outfits, with DEC controller and branding. But, not a lot of installations bought them, as DEC added a premium to the price. I've only seen the real DEC printers in advertising and handbook photos. jon --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. DEC sold a number of printers of varying speeds. I think they may all have been drum printers, but there may have been a band or train printer, too. these were all based on mechanisms made by other outfits, with DEC controller and branding. But, not a lot of installations bought them, as DEC added a premium to the price. I've only seen the real DEC printers in advertising and handbook photos. jon
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
On 10/10/2017 07:50, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. They sold some drum, chain, and band printers, but I think they were all OEM'd. Late examples were the LP25, LP26, and LP27/LP29. Note that some system-specific printer subsystems (e.g., LP11-xx, LP20-xx, and LP32-xx) contained printers with their own separate designations. As far as I recall, the only printer mechanisms DEC made themselves were dot matrix impact or electrolytic. Of course, they also OEM'd some dot-matrix printers, including the LA50 and LA75. I remember seeing the LA-36 Production Line at Westfield in 1975. They made them by the 1000. When I sold them my MOQ was 500. Rod -- Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy.
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I > have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > They sold some drum, chain, and band printers, but I think they were all OEM'd. Late examples were the LP25, LP26, and LP27/LP29. Note that some system-specific printer subsystems (e.g., LP11-xx, LP20-xx, and LP32-xx) contained printers with their own separate designations. As far as I recall, the only printer mechanisms DEC made themselves were dot matrix impact or electrolytic. Of course, they also OEM'd some dot-matrix printers, including the LA50 and LA75.
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
> On 8 Oct 2017, at 19:00, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >>> have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. >> You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic >> mechanism, however. >> >> --Chuck >> >> > I'm sure DEC did NOT make the actual wheel motor assembly. Qume and Diablo > were the two biggies in that arena. > Probably because of patents and copyrights, you couldn't just make compatible > daisy wheel font wheels, either. Well yes, it was a Qume 1220. DEC didn’t make an awful lot of stuff outside of the actual PDP/VAX area. A
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
On 10/08/2017 01:19 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have > an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > > Zane > > LQP 01 and the 02 as well, Diablo daisy wheel... Then there the LP 25,26,27 band printers. So yes just a few.
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
> On Oct 9, 2017, at 7:33 AM, Jules Richardson via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 12:27 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: >> My brain is telling me LQP02 so yes, a daisywheel. I’ve not seen one for >> 30 years or so though. > > I think the last time I saw one would have been around 25 years ago, when I > threw mine away :-( It took up too much space for the interest level, and > hardware was so plentiful back then that I always thought there would be > lots of them around forever. > > Jules Sadly, what I’m seeing is the availability is about Zero, additionally that appears to be the availability of the ink ribbons. Oh, well, it was an insane idea anyway. Zane
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
On 10/08/2017 12:27 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote: My brain is telling me LQP02 so yes, a daisywheel. I’ve not seen one for 30 years or so though. I think the last time I saw one would have been around 25 years ago, when I threw mine away :-( It took up too much space for the interest level, and hardware was so plentiful back then that I always thought there would be lots of them around forever. Jules
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
LQP02 On 08/10/2017 18:19, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. Zane -- Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy.
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
> > I'm sure DEC did NOT make the actual wheel motor assembly. Qume and Diablo were the two biggies in that arena. > > Probably because of patents and copyrights, you couldn't just make compatible daisy wheel font wheels, either. > > > > Jon > I had once a dec - branded OEM Diablo, I still have a Commodore IEE OEM Diablo printer, I have seen others. Bill
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
> On Oct 8, 2017, at 11:00 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >>> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >>> have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. >> You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic >> mechanism, however. >> >> --Chuck >> >> > I'm sure DEC did NOT make the actual wheel motor assembly. Qume and Diablo > were the two biggies in that arena. > Probably because of patents and copyrights, you couldn't just make compatible > daisy wheel font wheels, either. > > Jon The one thing I googled up said that the printer the person was repairing had a Qume mechanism in it. Zane
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
On 10/08/2017 12:31 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic mechanism, however. --Chuck I'm sure DEC did NOT make the actual wheel motor assembly. Qume and Diablo were the two biggies in that arena. Probably because of patents and copyrights, you couldn't just make compatible daisy wheel font wheels, either. Jon
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
Yea... so DEC sold them... but the mech was oem diablio? In a message dated 10/8/2017 10:51:39 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: our printers -- daisywheel type -- on wps-8system had a diablio mech as I remember... Ed# _www.smec.org_ (http://www.smec.org) In a message dated 10/8/2017 10:35:55 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: > On Oct 8, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > > You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic > mechanism, however. > > --Chuck > Yes, that and the LQP02 that Adrian just mentioned will get me pointed in the right direction. Zane
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
our printers -- daisywheel type -- on wps-8 system had a diablio mech as I remember... Ed# _www.smec.org_ (http://www.smec.org) In a message dated 10/8/2017 10:35:55 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: > On Oct 8, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > > You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic > mechanism, however. > > --Chuck > Yes, that and the LQP02 that Adrian just mentioned will get me pointed in the right direction. Zane
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
> On Oct 8, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I >> have an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. > > You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic > mechanism, however. > > --Chuck > Yes, that and the LQP02 that Adrian just mentioned will get me pointed in the right direction. Zane
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
On 10/08/2017 10:19 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have > an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. You mean like the LQP03 or LQP45? I don't know if DEC made the basic mechanism, however. --Chuck
Re: Did DEC make a Daisy Wheel printer?
> On 8 Oct 2017, at 18:19, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > > Did DEC make any sort of impact printer, besides dot-matrix printers? I have > an LA50 or two, and dot-matrix isn’t what I’m after. My brain is telling me LQP02 so yes, a daisywheel. I’ve not seen one for 30 years or so though. — Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs - Celebrating Computing History from 1972 onwards