Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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240fps video of an Olympia Electronic Compact RO daisy wheel printer... printing.
This is a much lower cost printer than the Qume / Apple Daisy Wheel printer. The Qume is almost 6x faster, compare to this video: youtube.com/watch?v=djvOpJMppuc

But - the Olympia was $339 in 1984. The Qume was $2,500! For just a printer! So for 7x the price you got 6x the speed. The Qume uses DC motors with closed loop servo control, the Olympia uses steppers with open loop control.

You can grab a copy of the owner's manual here: archive.org/details/OlympiaECRO