5 Jan
2002
5 Jan
'02
11:52 a.m.
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
Wow! I don't remember those.
All the ones that I can recall were either "standard" "centronics"
(other
than autoLF),
or "almost RS232", some of which used a DIN connector for ease of cabling
to a Coco.
Once, when RS was was being criticized for "deviating from standards",
they said that "RS232" stood for "RADIO SHACK 232", and that
therefore,
THEY could set the standard to anything that they wanted.
difference
that I remember was that RS configured all of their
printers for auto LF after CR, but that they were otherwise completely
interchangeable, and "standard Centronics port".
Several of the Tandy
printers used a 4-bit interface, which is not
Centronics compatible. The printers did mostly use the same 36-pin
connector, which caused allot of problems.