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Bits&Terminal JeffWhile I did order a new oooold stock ink ribbon cartridge for my printer, I decided to try the WD-40 trick to revive an old ribbon. Verdict: it mostly works! <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/dotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotMatrix</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WD40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WD40</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/epson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epson</a>

Bits&Terminal JeffWell, basic test works - ribbon is pretty much dead but that was to be expected. Still, it sounds pretty good now. Will try to revive the ribbon.Warning: might be loud.Edit: Connected it to my Apple IIe's parallel printer card and I was able to print from BASIC. So it works.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/dotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotMatrix</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Epson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Epson</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/appleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#appleII</a>

Alper<a href="https://mas.to/tags/dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotmatrix</a> Porn for you <a href="https://mas.to/tags/nerdsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nerdsofmastodon</a>. I get to print my first banner for 32nd year of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Intenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intenet</a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkey</a>. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/permacomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#permacomputing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/asciiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asciiart</a>

Bits&Terminal JeffWell, this cat decided he likes this 80s-style bed.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/dotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotMatrix</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cats</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a>

Bits&Terminal JeffSide by side view of my two Epson LX-80 dot matrix printers. The one on the right I got free at <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VCFEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCFEast</a> really needs a good cleaning before I'll start testing it.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/epson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epson</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/dotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotMatrix</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a>

Bits&Terminal JeffRemember when computing-related books had fun stuff like DIP switch settings?<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Epson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Epson</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/dotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotMatrix</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a>

David JONESNew font release: Norma; full name: Dorothy Norma; full full name: Dorothy Norma Matrix P Condensed.A fantasy 13-pin dot matrix printer font based on the DIN 6776 / TGL 31034 lettering.Available without payment from <a href="https://drj11.itch.io/norma-font" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://drj11.itch.io/norma-font</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/DotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DotMatrix</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/FontDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FontDesign</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/DIN6776" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIN6776</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TGL31034" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TGL31034</a>

1BitMy body is getting ready for 2025 <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Marchintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marchintosh</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/vintageapple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintageapple</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/imagewriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imagewriter</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotmatrix</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/globaltalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#globaltalk</a>

Dave RahardjaMy parents had one of these Compugraph photos taken of me, and my face was printed on a tote bag using a dot-matrix character printer. I had that tote bag for ages.Actually, they printed the image (mirrored) onto an iron-on sheet, which was then manually ironed onto the bag.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/compugraphFoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compugraphFoto</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotMatrix</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/oldComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldComputers</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/arcadeGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arcadeGaming</a>

8-Bit BoyzRIBBONS! A box just arrived of new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> MPS-1250 ribbons & the best part, they were under $3.10 a ribbon. That is a surprise being lately some ribbons are not even available anymore & others are $45+ a ribbon. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dotmatrix</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Printer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Printer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ribbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ribbon</a>

Adam PatridgeNeed to pick up a dot matrix printer and paper to do this justice.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/printshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printshop</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotmatrix</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotmatrixart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotmatrixart</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#appleii</a>

David JONESFirst draft (on right) of my fantasy dot matrix (as in: there is no real dot matrix printer that does this) font based on TGL31034 (aka DIN 6776?).Currently called Dorothy Norma Matrix P.I added proportional spacing to my generating code, but not, as yet, kerning (required on /j).<a href="https://typo.social/tags/TGL31034" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TGL31034</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/DIN6776" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIN6776</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Isonorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Isonorm</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/FontDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FontDesign</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/DotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DotMatrix</a>

cobalt going beige todayascii art programmed and printed by my brother about 47 years ago. Dot matrix Epson will roll stock paper. Scanned a photo of my first son and his father to work with. I just unearthed it from a box of flat art I have carted around many decades. Only the thin plastic sleeve wrinkled so ready to frame. <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/Ascii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ascii</a> <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/DotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DotMatrix</a> <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Art</a>

Ash Qin 📷I've been training for this, years of playing on the original Gameboy DMG-01 has prepared me for this day, I can read a barely visible <a href="https://focal.love/tags/dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotmatrix</a> display.This is a 90s <a href="https://focal.love/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marine</a> <a href="https://focal.love/tags/radar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radar</a> system, very battery hungry and you have to sit at the navdesk to use it and call out information to the skipper.<a href="https://focal.love/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://focal.love/tags/StillLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StillLife</a> <a href="https://focal.love/tags/Electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electronics</a> <a href="https://focal.love/tags/Sailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sailing</a>

Random_Seed :apple_inc: 💾 🇿🇦Uh oh. No back cover on my newly acquired ImageWriter II 🙁. Clearly been off for a while and in storage as there’s rust in there. <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/imagewriterII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imagewriterII</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotmatrix</a>

IT NewsOld Dot-Matrix Displays Give Up Their Serial Secrets - If there’s one thing we like better around here than old, obscure displays, it’s o... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/06/04/old-dot-matrix-displays-give-up-their-serial-secrets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2024/06/04/old-dot-matrix-displays-give-up-their-serial-secrets/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reverseengineering</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotmatrix</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ledhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ledhacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/display" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#display</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/plessey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plessey</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gpd340" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gpd340</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ina219" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ina219</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/serial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#serial</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pico</a>

Wintermute_BBSSo, the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/purists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#purists</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/claim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#claim</a> "it's not the same without a real disk drive - the sound and the haptics ..." when it comes to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FloppyDisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FloppyDisks</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DiskDrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DiskDrives</a> and they're probably right. But did you ever notice that this purism seems to be fixed on rotating disk media only.I mean, no one ever says "it's not the same without loading from tape - the sound, the haptics, the endless waiting ..." or "it's not the same without 9 pin <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DotMatrix</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Printers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Printers</a> - the noise, the paper jams ..." think about it ... 🤔

Amin GirasolHaving a complete hoot getting an old but surprisingly functional <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OKI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OKI</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MicroLine3320" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroLine3320</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DotMatrix</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Printer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Printer</a> working with my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari800" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari800</a>. It prints single lines beautifully, but it doesn't line feed on reaching the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ATASCII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ATASCII</a> line ending <code>0x9B</code>.Looks like I need to configure the printer to understand the non-standard Atari linefeed. Let's see if that's possible!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroPrinting</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/atari8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atari8bit</a>

Ron's Computer Videos🖥️📼As <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MARCHintosh</a> draws to a close, I encourage you to print some cool stuff to my <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/GlobalTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalTalk</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ImageWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImageWriter</a> II printer (w/ Color ribbon)!I did a livestream doing this the other night: <a href="https://youtube.com/live/ynAfzbE1wUM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/live/ynAfzbE1wUM</a><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printing</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotmatrix</a>

Spar|fin|dig :: Jan :mastodon:Auf dem <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/37c3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#37c3</a> gab es Menschen, die ein rotes <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Dotmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dotmatrix</a>-<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Display" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Display</a> am Rucksack hatten, über das ein Name oder sonstiger Text als <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Lauftext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lauftext</a> angezeigt wurde.Hier gibt es Infos und die Bestellmöglichkeit für 24,40 € mit Versandkosten: <a href="https://eu.pslab.io/product/led-badge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://eu.pslab.io/product/led-badge/</a>Mit Dank an <a href="https://chaos.social/@hoedur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hoedur</a> für die Inspiration!<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ledbadge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ledbadge</a>

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