IBM 2741 ball element terminal / Epson FX-80

[jim stephens]

Richard wrote:

>Anyone have either of these in their collection?
>
>The former seemed fairly rare even in its day, while the latter was
>mass produced yet I seem to never see it listed on anyone's collection
>web page.
>
>I think I have an Epson FX-80 printer somewhere in a cabinet with a
>busted tractor feed mechanism on one side.
>  
>
The University of Mo used them at all the main campus.  They were 
available for some
time on the scrap market around there.  I saw some here in Los Angeles 
at one time, but
they are not too popular because I believe they used custom type balls, 
not the standard
typewriter ones.  Or at least when I was attending UMR, none of the 
typewriters would
use the 2741 type balls, probably by design.

I used to have some FX-80's but got rid of it with some micro computer 
purge in the
80's because I used other printers at the time.

Never thought of it for collection purposes.

Jim