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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: net.periphs
Subject: NEC spinwriter 7700's not made anymore??
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Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 12:59:45 EST
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	I called a distributor this morning to get a price on a NEC
spinwriter and was told that they [shock, surprise, disbelief, amazement]
are not being manufactured anymore!! These 7710/7720's are the best
workhorse letter-quality printers I have ever seen (especially for those of
us that do technical writing and appreciate the 128 character thimbles).
Now I am told that I can't buy them anymore.

	I understand that they are being replaced by a 8800 series.  Does
anybody have any experience with these new ones?  Are they code compatible?
Do they take the same print thimbles (or have equivalent ones, particularly
the tech/math)?  Are they made with the same kind of built-like-a-tank
construction as the 7700's.
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allegra!phri!roy (Roy Smith)
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute