Keep scouring those ham fests or swap meets. Check the web for the one
nearest you. If its too far away, convince Dad or Mom to take you by
mowing the lawn and cleaning up your room like you're told :)
That doesn't always work. luckily, there's one every year pretty nearby.
That's where I got my Tandy 1000 with 4 LPT ports (I don't know how they
all work, but they do, and I'm not gonna touch 'em). I was planning on
using it as the controller, and hooking up printer guts and making it work
by sending line feeds and spaces, and things like through BASIC.
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-Jason
(roblwill(a)usaor.net)
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