The 8-bit home computer EACA “Colour Genie” EG2000
This 8-bit keyboard computer will soon be leaving me again, as I unfortunately don’t have the time to spend more time with it.
Nevertheless, I would like to take this (last) chance to introduce you to a rather rare computer from the early 1980s.
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At the time when dot-matrix printers were still predominant, i.e. until the 1990s, it was difficult to get a proper straight-line printer for affordable money. Laser printers were often too expensive for private households at that time, and dot-matrix printers had just this typical print image, which was not acceptable for a thesis, for example. The situation did not improve until the mid-90s, when inkjet printers became cheaper and cheaper and their typeface improved. But see yourself the Privileg electronic 1200 daisy wheel typewriter with printer interface in action on the Tandy TRS-80.
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