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From: ward@chinet.UUCP (Ward Christensen)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Letter quality printers?
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Date: Sat, 7-Dec-85 11:33:52 EST
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I am quite happy with my Royal Alpha 610 printer/typewriter.  I had an
aging selectric (sitting in basement with a "rotate" ribbon hanging out the
front), and wanted a "more modern" typewriter, mostly to type postcards (which
I use many of weekly - quick product requests, "take my name off your junk
mail list" requests, etc).
  This machine is a nice daisy-wheel typewriter, with 10-12-15 CPI daisy
wheels, etc.  $269 at Service Merchandise, with $130 for a serial/parallel
interface module, which has 630 compatibility and a 4K buffer (it can reprint
a page from its buffer).  
  I have no 630 driving software to test it with, so can't say much there
except: (1) it doesn't print backwards - or rather it DOES, but the silly
thing spaces RIGHT every time it gets a space, so printing a line backwards
would do (where c is a char, s a space, b a backspace): cccsbbcccc..ccsbbcc
etc.  ALso, it has a built-in "micro justify" mode, but using it with 
PC-Write didn't work - it worked when hacking with it directly, but the
"char pitch" changes that PC-W seems to send all too often, hoses up the
  P.S. this typewriter has lift-off and cover-up correction, with a 2-line
memory so it can remember what char to lift off when you space/backspace
and reverse-index back while typing.
  I recommend this device IF you need a typewriter AND a 15cps or so printer.