hughpyle/ASR33

Using a Teletype Model 33 electromechanical terminal (https://twitch.tv/33asr)

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Reminded me of when I had a Teletype ASR33 on AirPrint ( https://github.com/hughpyle/ASR33/tree/master/cups ). With LLMs that would have taken a half hour. It would have maybe been less fun? but there's a lot of time faffing around on PPD…
comment by inguz · 2026-08-18 · in Claude writing a macOS driver for my obscure HP printer built only for Windows
…that already handles some ANSI-escape characters, and implements the 'backspace' ^[[D this way ( https://github.com/hughpyle/ASR33/blob/master/firmware/ansi_... ). Next on the backlog is "bold", using a similar strategy. Fun times :)
comment by inguz · 2019-01-31 · in Show HN: ASCII Art with Overstrike