Entering the World of Thermal Typewriting
The Typestar 4/5 (Internally the 4, branded the 5) It has been a significant amount of time since I last updated a post on my blog. Well, today I decided to dive into Thermal typewriting, a sub-category of electric machines that use thermal print heads, officially called "electronic typewriters." I created a YouTube video at the end of last summer detailing my first thermal machine ever, a TTY or Teletype machine designed as an aid for the hearing impaired. That machine featured a large VFD display and printed with a very low resolution thermal printhead. Typing late at night. I absolutely LOVE this display The TTY machine didn't get a whole lot of use, my go to machine for the last several months has been my Groma Kolibri, a little East German made portable with lovely typing action. However as my daytime schedule became more packed with school and repair work, my time to write creatively or respond to letters shifted further and further into the night where I was