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Maybe donate them to one of the many computer museums if they'd take
them. Working printers get harder and harder to find since they're so
much less common then the hardware (of course), or at least might be
useful for parts.<br>
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If you did document them, well, we really need to get some
documentation/guidelines together on how best to do that, at least a
checklist and form thing or something. Not that printers specifically
are material for videogame preservation exactly, just in general this
would be useful. Hmm, where was that post about what someone did with
old kit they needed to bin - photographs, documentation etc. they
collected digitally before selling on or donating the material...hmm...<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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Devin Monnens wrote:
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cite="mid:9d1cf2d50905201412uc3f3352idb5ec9441cdc43ad@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I've got an old printer for my Amiga 500 (big and clunky;
ink ribbons are pretty dried up) and another for my TRS-80 (which I
don't know if it works or not). Of what use are these devices? I can
think it might be important to document how an old printer functions,
but as the weeks pass, it becomes even more difficult to justify
keeping them around the house. Obviously if storage space was not an
issue, it would be no conversation. What is your opinion on the
relevance of old printers?<br>
<br>
-Devin Monnens<br clear="all">
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