Re: Used IBM 5219 - what can be done?

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>]

You DO mean 5 2 1 9?  As in Big as a house, Loud as a Bus, Heavy as a Tank,  has
a sheet feeder as tall as file cabinet, uses mylar ribbons and daisy wheels and
maxes out at like 60 CPS??  THAT 5219?

Nope, not a clue what you'd do with it.

Seriously those were old when the S/36 died and If I remember correctly the
interface is proprietary or twinax, and drivers non-existant.  Todays lasers do
everything (except multiple parts) that the 5219 did, and they do it faster,
quieter, cheaper and without halts for wheel changes!  I would sneek them into
the dumpster just before the nightly trash gets dumped in over them.

 - HTH Larry

ps I AM being nice!

Forwiw@aol.com wrote:
> 
>     Hello everyone,
> 
>     We have two used IBM 5219 printers that we are not using anymore.
> 
>     They have been under hardware maintenance until recently.  Nothing
>     is wrong with them that I know of, we just don't have a need for them
>     any more.
> 
>     What can I possibly do with these... BE NICE...?
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Larry Bolhuis         |         What if it's True?
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