the non-existence of printer collectors

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 26 January 2008 22:58, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> I briefly had a Diablo dot-matrix printer--the carriage servo could
> crush your hand if you were stupid enough to put it in the wrong
> spot.  An incredibly noisy screaming demon of a boat anchor.  I got
> rid of it while I still had my hearing.

Heh.  I scrapped one of those a while back,  and still have the mechanicals 
sitting up in the attic waiting for me to disassemble them.  Servo motor 
being about the size of a soup can,  maybe?  That thing was big,  anyhow...

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