When I worked with PDP-8, we had ASR-33 and DecWriters. Later, I used a
Teletype model 43, which was a dot matrix printer. It had pretty good
print quality with a 9 wire head, so it did upper and lower case. While in
high school, I did harm RTTY on 40 meters using a Teletype model 15, a
model 14 "transmitter distributor," and a model 14 "typing reperf." I also
had a Kleinshcmitt (bad spelling) printer. The first dot matrix printer I
ever saw was an Extel used for press wire service, replacing the model 15.
The first ink jet printer I ever saw was an Olivetti that printed one dot
at a time. The print head moved back and forth across the paper really
fast. Also had a daisy wheel printer for printing instruction manuals in
"letter quality." Some day, I'd like to resurrect some old stuff like
that, but my wife and I are trying to be more portable as we approach
retirement. My ham radio stuff now is largely restricted to handytalkies.
Some day I hope to get back on HF.

We recently visited a radiotelegraph station originally established by
Marconi. Photos are at
http://ming.hallikainen.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3D34176 .

Harold


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