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chopsueyar on Oct 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Knitting machine from the 80s hacked to "print" di...

Brother kh-930e

They are $700 to $900 on eBay.

You use a Python proggy to emulate a Tandy floppy drive with the design from a 1-bit bitmap.

jgrahamc on Oct 24, 2011 [–]

Yes, the interesting bit is not the Cosby sweater, but the interfacing of the knitting machine itself by emulation of a serial attached Tandy floppy drive.

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