The two big events recently were the Vintage Computer Festival at Bletchley Park and the annual bubble car rally at Keynsham.


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The day at work was mind-numbingly dull. But I did take in a Jupiter Ace to liven things up.


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The microprinter, a Citizen CBM 1000, turns out to be both fast and quiet. I suppose that's what users want from a point-of-sale printer! The roll of 57mm paper that I found in the junk-box seems to be OK, although it must be 20 years old at least and has blue ink designed for HP printing calculators.


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Today, I collected a thermal till receipt printer that I got from eBay. It's a Citizen model CBM 1000, with the serial interface option fitted (although the eBay listing said it was parallel). I should have had the presence of mind to order some thermal paper rolls for it, too (it takes either 80mm or 58mm wide rolls). I probably won't have time ( Read more... )

It'll be Dorkbot Bristol tomorrow evening! Yay! I'll take along the analog button-box gadget that I made at DorkSnow in London. And the other good news is that I acquired a thermal till receipt printer from eBay today. It's a Citizen CBM 1000, and should be a fun gadget to mess about with, like this.