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ADAM Printer Wheels (Courier 72, Pica 10 --- ? Gothic 12, Script 12, Elite 12, Emphasis ?)

Coleco · by 1986 · Printer and Supplies
Catalogue IDHW-0284
ManufacturerColeco
Yearby 1986 (approximate)
TypePrinter and Supplies (Printer)
PlatformADAM
StatusReleased
SourceCollectors DB v1.00 Master

Notes

Print wheels for the ADAM's daisy wheel printer. The wheel is the typeface: each one carries a full set of formed characters on its spokes, and changing the look of a page means swapping the wheel rather than changing anything in software.

The wheels here

  • Courier 72, the one documented as available for the ADAM printer.
  • Pica 10 and Elite 12, the two standard pitches - ten and twelve characters to the inch.
  • Gothic 12, Script 12 and an emphasis wheel, faces commonly offered on daisy wheels of the period.

Wheels were an ordinary consumable for daisy wheel printers generally, so a wheel that physically fits will usually work whatever name is on it. WHICH OF THESE COLECO ACTUALLY SOLD, and under what part numbers, wants confirming from the packaging.