[Info-vax] DECwriter

[Mike Rechtman]

Steven Schweda wrote:
> John Wallace wrote:
> 
>> Wasn't it the LA120? [...]
> 
>    LA120 is what I remember.  As I recall, ours looked like an
> LA36 with no keyboard, but moved faster.  I also seem to
> recall that you were supposed to use official ink-laden
> ribbons, not carbon-laden (typewriter) ribbons, because the
> latter would abrade the print-wires in the head.
> 
>    I remember being impressed at the time by the cleverness of
> printing on the way back.

IIRC the LA120 with no keyboard was called LA180
The LA120 wwas an input/output terminal, connected over RS232 and the LA36 
(DECwriter III) used current loop (Generally to a PDP console card)

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