LA50 for sale

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4 total messages Started by Mark Ward Mon, 29 Apr 1991 19:54

#1017

Author: Mark Ward
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 19:54

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For Sale:

	DEC LA50 Printer		$100
	Excellent condition.
	Works Perfectly.


  All items sold as-is. Conditions represented as well as possible. Further
descriptions available on request. No Returns.  Buyer pays shipping. Prepay
only.

-mark

Re: LA50 for sale

#1019

Author: Mark Boyd
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1991 23:58

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Not to be too unkind, but La50s are one of DEC's worst products. 
Definitely not worth $100. If you need a serial printer with few
features and don't need to use the tractor feed ( it slips ) ..

	Mark Boyd

Re: LA50 for sale

#1021

Author: gibbonsj
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 12:17

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In article <1991Apr29.235806.2617@rock.concert.net>, boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd) writes:
> Not to be too unkind, but La50s are one of DEC's worst products. 
> Definitely not worth $100. If you need a serial printer with few
> features and don't need to use the tractor feed ( it slips ) ..
> 
> 	Mark Boyd

Why do you think that DEC came out with the LA75???  There were SO many 
complaints about jamming tractor feeds and other problems with the LA50 
that they actually fixed it in the LA75.  The LA50 is not a HORRIBLE 
printer, but I doubt its worth $100.  

-- 
  John Gibbons                                       Cleveland, Ohio

           "Welcome My Son, Welcome To The Machine" - Pink Floyd

           Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most...

Re: LA50 for sale

#1028

Author: Bruce Wright
Date: Sat, 04 May 1991 01:34

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In article <1991Apr29.235806.2617@rock.concert.net>, boyd@cs.unca.edu (Mark Boyd) writes:
> Not to be too unkind, but La50s are one of DEC's worst products. 
> Definitely not worth $100. If you need a serial printer with few
> features and don't need to use the tractor feed ( it slips ) ..

I think that's going too far.  The LA50 (and its follow-on, the
LA75) aren't bad as small printers go (they are incompatible
with most other PC-type printers, which is a bigger problem than
the mechanical problems, in our experience).  As far as mechanical
problems go, the Epsom FX80 and some of the daisy wheel printers
seem to have _far_ worse problems - I'm not even sure that the
FX80 qualifies as useable (at least by me) because I have such
difficulty loading the paper _just_ _right_.  But with the LA50
it's easy to load the paper without having it jam as soon as it
starts printing.  And I'm not sure I'd even want to be _paid_ to
have to deal with a daisy wheel.  Life is too short.

The LA50 _is_ a rather dated device at this point however ...
but when it was introduced it wasn't really a bad device compared
to what else was out there.

						Bruce C. Wright

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