LOL!! Sorry about your tie!
The capacitance *sounds* familiar but wasn't a primary feature so any
details are lost in the cobwebs of memory.
ScottGee1
On 7/17/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think it was introduced in 1988. I hauled one around for a
> > number of months to large accounts before we started shipping
> > the beasts.
>
> This one was GTE. We know it was around in 1988, possibly a
> year earlier. It had the serial interface as well as the
> parallel interface which made it perfect for hooking up to a
> data modem.
>
> > Of course it goes off line! Could you imagine the lawsuits
> > from guys who try to preview a print-out and get their ties
> > caught in the printhead? There's a visual right out of a
> > Jerry Lewis movie!
>
> Well, I hate to admit this... When the ribbon jam happened I
> juryrigged the switch... Yes, I was wearing a tie.
>
> Did you know that the power-supply in that printer has enough
> capacitance to keep the printer running for almost five seconds
> after you pull the plug?
>
> AG
>
> I do miss that tie.
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