On 16 Jan 2014 07:00, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote: > > On 15/01/2014 22:35, Cory Smelosky wrote: >> >> On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Dave McGuire wrote: >> >>> On 01/15/2014 04:28 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote: >>>> >>>> They are line printers. Which means they are large, heavy, fast, and >>>> very noisy. I have not seen any in the last 20 years now. I remember >>>> when we dragged an LP14 out of the computer room. Two people with >>>> shoulder straps, and we barely managed to lift it an inch off the floor >>>> while dragging it out. >>>> >>>> I really like the line printers, but they are not for home use... But >>>> they work fine on a PDP-11 as well. You just need an LP11 card in the >>>> machine. (Or LPV11 if you're a Qbus person.) >>> >>> >>> I have an LP26, an LP27, two LXY21s, and a Genicom (forgot what model, >>> but as I understand it it's still a current model) line printer here. >>> Great stuff. >>> >>> I see no reason why these would "not be for home use". ;) >>> >> >> They're fine for /our/ homes...but not perhaps for everyone. ;) >> >>> -Dave >>> >>> >> > I searched for DEC LP27 printer and came across this treasure chest: http://www1.appstate.edu/~jmm/operations.tour.html > Not sure it'll be the same since the last update in 1994! > Interestingly enough, here in sunny Perth, WA the state owned ticketing office was called BOCS and ran entirely on VAXen and other DEC equipment, using software they developed, right up until they were shut down. I wonder if the VAX mentioned on that page, called bocs, is/was running the same stuff. Regards, Tim.