30 Jul
2025
30 Jul
'25
8:31 a.m.
segaloco via TUHS <tuhs(a)tuhs.org> wrote:
Recently I did spot a Ti hardcopy terminal sitting in
a junk pile at
the university, I am forever kicking myself for not grabbing it...it
did use some sort of continuous paper, but looked to have a reel rather
than fan-fold uptake, I didn't make note of the model, only that it had
a typical DB-25 (presumably RS-232) serial jack. Granted if I'm simply
printing for analysis waiting for a terminal to print it is overkill...
You're probably better off that you didn't grab it. Many of those
things from TI used thermal printing. The paper (if you can get it
these days) is likely expensive, and it fades over time.
Arnold