[game_preservation] Old printers

[Henry Lowood]

There may be some conceivable use that one could imagine, but it is very 
remote and not likely to affect the delivery of content that is far more 
important.  Given the space taken up by them, esp. artifacts such as 
daisy-wheel printers, it is very difficult to justify keeping them.

Henry



Devin Monnens wrote:

> 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?

>

> -Devin Monnens

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