MSX DOT MATRIX PRINTER

By JasonLee

Resident (40)

12-08-2013, 03:28

I´m selling my old Elgin Lady 80 dot matrix printer

It was very useful back in the old days of school, but now is just an antique

Seems to be working fine, but I didn't manage to test print (it turns on the it acts properly as before)

olny US$ 40

By Manuel

Ascended (18844)

12-08-2013, 22:51

If someone is also looking for genuine MSX printers, I have plenty in stock. For any reasonable offer, picking up gives a 50% discount.

By msxholder

Champion (399)

12-08-2013, 22:56

You have the AP 510???
what price ?

By anonymous

incognito ergo sum (116)

13-08-2013, 14:18

Unless someone is looking for the this specific model JasonLee, I doubt you'll be selling this printer for such a steep price.
At least in the Netherlands (in the last couple of years) printers have often been sold for like 5 EUR (~6.5 USD) or less at MSX fairs/meetings; often they were even thrown/given away. There really isn't much a market any more for MSX printers.

By Manuel

Ascended (18844)

13-08-2013, 21:35

No, only the common Philips models

By meits

Scribe (6509)

13-08-2013, 21:45

@Manuel... You still have them? I just threw the damn thing away ages ago

By Albert Pieter Dotinga

Resident (39)

13-08-2013, 22:39

we smashed one at a tilburg fair lol

By Manuel

Ascended (18844)

14-08-2013, 22:07

By rule, I don't throw away MSX stuff.

By o.geerdink

Hero (587)

15-08-2013, 09:30

I got some left also some sony plotters. The printers and plotters can be used for hobbyprojects, but I'm still at the level of trying to built stuff connected to joystickport. Maybe in 5 years I'm ready to convert a printer to a scanner.

By Pac

Scribe (6708)

15-08-2013, 10:44

Manuel wrote:

By rule, I don't throw away MSX stuff.

Same here. We never should do that even with not working HW, throw away MSX stuff is throw away computer history. If some HW/SW bother us, always there is someone willing to preserve them.

By anonymous

incognito ergo sum (116)

16-08-2013, 06:46

o.geerdink wrote:

Maybe in 5 years I'm ready to convert a printer to a scanner.

One of my old Near Dark colleagues did that with a diskdrive sensor on top of the printerhead.
One could vaguely see the result's resemblance with the scanned object... Looked like crap but was major fun for a couple of teenage boys...

Manuel wrote:

By rule, I don't throw away MSX stuff.

I understand, but why wasn't one printer enough
And may I assume you got a big stack of modems as well?