Ebooks of interest

That would be cool!

If you want something cool:

Been there, done that.

Revulsion is a psycho-sexual fantasy?

Gunner

I am the Sword of my Family and the Shield of my Nation. If sent, I will crush everything you have built, burn everything you love, and kill every one of you. (Hebrew quote)

However -- you and I are not typical. (BTW -- I didn't notice you mentioning that you had the punched tape readers. :-)

Yes -- but since most print is carbon based, it will not fade. The paper itself may disintegrate or darken enough to make reading more difficult.

Colored inks do fade -- especially red. And the inks commonly used for handwriting do fade too -- unless you are using India ink.

Enjoy, DoN.

Yes -- but that would also impact the Kindle as well, since it is a portable electronic way to display text. (Though some of them can speak the text as well -- if it has not been prohibited by the copyright owners. (How many copyrights can keep you from reading a printed book aloud to your kid at night? :-)

Good for you.

I'm not sure that there *are* any high school metal shops in this area any more. :-(

Good Luck, DoN.

It was in the warehouse I lost when I got sick. Along with a KIM computer and a dozen 4004 processors. I think the last package of 80 column cards was there as well.

I think I still have the Heathkit paper tape punch/reader manual, though. :)

Some old dot matrix ink faded under flourescent lighting. Of course, they are 25 yeasr old by now. I wrote a program for the Commodore 64 to print a paper liner for parts drawers with four lines of text centered in the front of the drawer to describe it's content. It printed two per page with lines to cut them to fit, and others of where to fold them so they were a neat ft in the drawers. I am going to have to resurect a C64 or write a new version. I had a Windows based C64 emulator program, but I don't know where it went.

Need a C64 and a couple drives?

Gunner

I am the Sword of my Family and the Shield of my Nation. If sent, I will crush everything you have built, burn everything you love, and kill every one of you. (Hebrew quote)

You will have to ask the women around you about that.

And then there is the output from thermal printers! Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Somewhere, I have a set of 78's featuring George Formby that my father gave my uncle for Christmas in the late '40s. they eventually found their way back to me. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

You weren't with him?

I have abut 35 of them, and a dozen or two drives right now. I repaired hundreds of c64s, 1541s and other Commodore items back in the late '80s & early 90s. I have several 3' cubed military shipping containers full, and a stack of 1541 drives in one of the shops. Due to the weight, shipping is rather high. I don't think they will fit in a flat rate box?

I had a stack of the Commodore IEE-488 dot matrix printers, as well.

I could use 1571 or 1581 drives, which are the double sided 5.25" and the 3.5" drives. I could use two or three 1581 drives if they are cheap enough. :)

There was a guy on the west coast (Ray Carlsen) who was buying them for his vintage computer store. He used to post on the Commodore newsgroup. I haven't read that group in a couple years and a quick look on Google groups shows his website is still up, but no activity.

news:comp.sys.cbm

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Well ... yes -- but who publishes (or published) books using thermal printers? :-) Presumably the Kindle would mostly be used for books which you purchase and download, not for self publication. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

I quickly learned to write out programs for the TI-59 in longhand rather than file thermal printouts. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

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I didn't see anything which suggested that the print was done with thermal printing. (Of course, I did not have Flash or JavaScript enabled -- but would not unless I *needed* their services. :-) And if they wanted to use thermal printing, I would look elsewhere. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

Well, Laser printing is a form of thermal printing. ;-)

They do short print runs and print to order, with binding in paperback or hardbck. Likely laser printing for book on demand orders. You can design the cover, get an ISBN and lay out the content any way you want.

There are a bunch of book on demand companies popping up these days, but Lulu hass been around for a while. If there was enough interest, it would be a good way to clean up scans of old machine tool manuals and do limited run reprints.