On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:16:23 -0700 (PDT), Calvin wrote:

I long for a 7-pin dot matrix!

Does it have to 7 pin? 9 pin are still available but cheap they are not
compared to inkjets. A quick google in the UK on dot matrix 9 pin
produced:

http://www.printerland.co.uk/acatalog/9_Pin.html

Which shows a range of what is available.

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Cheers
Dave.