3 Jan
1998
3 Jan
'98
10:34 a.m.
On Sat, 3 Jan 1998, PG Manney wrote:
donm(a)cts.com
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Don Maslin - Keeper of the Dina-SIG CP/M System Disk Archives
Chairman, Dina-SIG of the San Diego Computer Society
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I don't know RS stuff all that well. I'm
assuming yours is a parallel
printer.
One of the problems with using a RS printer on a PC is that the RS units
all (most?) add a linefeed in the printer firmware. If you do not know
the escape sequence to disable it everything comes out doublespaced. And
not all of their escape sequences were the same.
- don
>I was wondering if I can connect my DMP-100
to a PC through the parallel
>port in the back and if I need a special cable ? According to the
manual,
>this port was made for TRS-80 only. It
doesn't talk about PC in the
manual.
Many radio Schlock printers will work with some PC's and not others. I get
the best luck with the newer motherboards (486/Pentium). >If someone
was able to connect it to a PC, please let me know how and
which
>driver did you use in Windows?
Use the
"Generic" driver
>
>I was wondering if someone has a spare cable to connect this printer to
a
>TRS-80 COCO II or III (using the DIN
connector) to giveaway ? If not,
which
>part number
>do I need to order from Radio Shack ?
Weren't the COCO's serial? If
the DMP-100's parallel, she won't work.
btw, I do have several RS "edge card" parallel cables (a la Tandy 1000) if
anyone wants.
Given the recent prices mentioned for Lisas and Apples, maybe I should ask
$100 each for 'em!
manney(a)nwohio.com