I've owned both of those printers back in the day. The print mechanism
is indeed the same. Different electronics, of course. The PR-40 is
actually a standard "Centronics" parallel interface still in use today.
Paul Pennington
Augusta, Georgia
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From: "Mike" <dogas(a)bellsouth.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:44 AM
Subject: Hmm...
Interesting. Compare the print mechanisms:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2778365822&categ…
http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/o/dogas/Ss10.jpg
... Anyone got an Atari 820 printer to trade?
;)
- Mike