2 Oct
2001
2 Oct
'01
3:41 p.m.
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Robert Matthews wrote:
I'm trying to help a friend of a friend interface
an Okidata 600e printer
with a Radio Shack Model 12 computer. Any idea if this is possible? He
claims to have created an interface cable, but it doesn't work.
Radio Shack computers (except Coco) work with "Centronics" style parallel
printers. BUT, ... Radio Shack does NOT send LF; it expects the printer
to do an auto LF after CR.
The 12 can also work with a serial printer, IF you are willing to struggle
a little with hardware and software.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com