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Suffering. It’s easy to take a 40 year old laser printer down a flight of stairs…..but what about decades later when it also has to go on the back of a truck?

CelGen Studios

@celgen.org

But the dopamine hit when your measurements are within half an inch? Totally worth it.

7/6/26, 4:38 pm0 reposts7 likes

CelGen Studios

@celgen.org

7 June

Xerox branded toner swizzle stick. The scary world of laser printers and photocopiers before we had toner cartridges.

CelGen Studios

@celgen.org

7 June

After several hours of moving things, repacking and playing Tetris to fit it all into @compu85.bsky.social ‘s truck we are ready for the 13 or so hour trip back.

CelGen Studios

@celgen.org

7 June

For the record, none of this is mine. He needed help with the driving and the moving (that printer was not a 1 person job) and sure, let’s go on a vintage computing road trip! \:D/ (BTW, I have to be at work tomorrow at 7am. x_x )

Sumater 🦶

@sumater.bsky.social

8 June

Is that a Xerox Star!?

CelGen Studios

@celgen.org

8 June

The maroon monolith is a 6085 daybreak system, the other slightly larger white box is the exact same CPU and hardware as a Star but it's configured to run as a print server. No graphical output (because that's how it drives the laser in the printer) but you get a rebadged Xerox ADM-3a as a console.

Sumater 🦶

@sumater.bsky.social

7 June

Probably why so many of the early ones caught fire.