[Info-vax] DECwriter

[John Wallace]

On Nov 27, 11:16 pm, "Richard Maher" <maher... at hotspamnotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Which was the first model DECwriter that could print backwards as well as
> forwards?
>
> Where can one obtain ribbons for these today?
>
> Regards Richard Maher
>
> PS. Did David Cutler have anything to do with hardware design?

<warning: contains sarcasm>

Wasn't it the LA120? Your favourite search engine will find people
selling ribbons, though it's not obvious how many are for real - eg
one I just found claimed to be selling original DEC ribbons. I suppose
it could be true, but it doesn't seem likely.

Who's Dave Cutler? Oh right, I remember, he was the VAXELN man. Nice
bit of software, that VAXELN, especially in its later life. Dunno if
Dave ever did anything else worthwhile though.