droms@burdvax.UUCP (07/09/84)
I want to buy a light-duty letter quality printer for word-processing (thesis, paper typing) duty. Slow speed is not a problem. Serial interface is preferred (parallel acceptable). I am considering: Brother International Correctronic 50 Silver Reed 400/500/550 Juki 6100 Dynax DX-15 Smith Corona TPI/TPII I'd appreciate any recommendations/personal experiences/name of other systems anyone would care to offer. Respond my mail and I'll summarize to the net. Note: the Brother machine is an electronice daisy-wheel typewriter available through a local discount house (Best Co.) for ~$380. A ~$160 serial+parallel interface is available. Use as a standalone typewriter seems to me to be an advantage. Does anyone have information as to the nature of this (rather expensive!) interface? Thanks... - Ralph Droms
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (07/13/84)
I have both the Brother CE-50 and it's interface. Currently I am using it in the parallel (centronics) mode on the printer port of an Eagle PC. Everything seems to work fine, but it isn't very fast. I find the Correctronic-50 to be an excellent typewriter, and I used it for six months as one before I got a computer to plug the interface into. -Ron