[SunRescue] RE: rescue digest, DECWriter III

[User Bobkeys BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak]

> Put in my bid this morning ;^)
> 
> if I get it, it will be an excuse to see friends that live out that way,
> if I don't no great loss. I like the *idea* of a real hard copy terminal,
> now the *reality* of a broken hardcopy terminal, or one I can not get
> supplies for, well, that's another story...

Neat....  for years I used a re-inker to do reel ribbons for old DECwriters
and tty40 chain printers.  There was a company that made a little plastic
thing with a motor and a couple of reel spindles and a big sponge for ink.
It worked like a charm, but was a tad messy.  TTY33's had a little sponge
cap that mounted alongside the ribbon and brushed against it to reink.
Most of those a gone, now, methinks.  Since reel ribbons are beginning
to be a tad unobtainium, a reinker is the way to go for ribbon supply.
Anyone still make those things?

Bob