Homebrew PCBs

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 20:53:51 -0800 (PST), pebo festus <mebo31@...> 
wrote:

> good thoughts stefan, already had run that through my
> beady little brain. my big problem now is to get the
> cartaridge clean and get the old canon printer hooked
> to a computer. i dont want to ruin my black ink
> cartaridge, i will try to find two or three empty ones
> and disect one to see how to clean and refill with
> what i want. the driver for the old canon bj200 is a
> touch over 3 meg so cant put it on a 31/2 floppy. i
> ahve an old 286 ibm i was planing on useing but it
> doesnt have a cd rom.
> tia
> mebo
>
>

why not use the pc you write your emails with?

a 286 is maybe a bit old, should be no problem to get something with over 
100mhz for free?

Is this canon a piezo printer?
I really doubt a thermoprinter will work, but you will see......

I would advise getting one at ebay, they are sold for some 10 to 20 eur.
maybe this is also a good source for a old "test pc", i do not know.
the old computers are strangely expensive on our ebay so it is better to 
ask around
and get them for free...


ST