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Re:Typewriters about to become a page in history by Terretta on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @12:13PM (#2485879)
I'm looking for a daisy-wheel printer that can be run from a modern computer. Purchased an Olivetti typewriter that could supposedly print from a 3.5 floppy, but it didn't work.

Still looking.

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Re:Typewriters about to become a page in history by andrewf on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @03:00PM (#2486666)
Just a hunch - I bet a lot of the printers from the 80s (eg the TRS-80 one) speak plain ASCII over a standard parallel port, with CHR(10), CHR(11) and CHR(13) for line feed, page feed and carriage return. (Although I'm guessing, so check before you buy!)
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