Laptop printer - early 90s

It was in the early 90s, the USSR only collapsed, and my father had already gone into business. At some point, they purchased a laptop with a 386 processor and a stylus in the kit (!), An external drive and an IBM portable dot-matrix printer. And it will be about him today that it is he who is now at hand. After the New Year there will be a topic about a laptop.

Printer Features:

• Model - IBM 5183 with the ability to emulate Epson 1500, matrix
• Dimensions - 300x90x50 - LxWxH, mm
• Weight - about 1 kg
• Battery - 7.2V 900mAh
• Print speed - 1 sheet in 2-3 minutes =)
• Print quality - 180x180 or 360x180 dpi

PHOTOSESSION:

General form

Insides

Printing element

tape cassette separately from the "cassette holder"

Battery

The printer is fully operational, until recently I was successfully used for my studies. Problems were caused only by connecting the device to a laptop, where there is no LPT port. I had to use the print server found by chance in the hostel (!), And at the same time there were no problems in Linux (except for searching for manuals). The battery, of course, sdohshy, holds on the strength of 5-7 minutes. Text prints fine, graphics are awful. For study will go (except for subjects with graphics like printouts from the Compass).

Post written for lovers of IT history or just old pieces of iron.