24 Jan
2002
24 Jan
'02
4:51 a.m.
Careful now! ... Current printers won't work properly with any of the pre-ECP
computers of the '70's, will they? Once IBM started fiddling with the Epson
version of the Centronics interface, the "old" types were orphaned. My old
Ampro won't even talk to a current (post-1985) "Centronics" printer since
it
doesn't support all the signals that those guys expected to see. I had to
disconnect several lines in a cable just to get a late-'80's printer to work
at all with the old Ampro Little Board.
Are there any companies out there still making dot-matrix tractor-feed
printers?
Current generation monitors won't work with the old NTSC-compatible computers
either. You have to have the old-style NTSC monitor, or a TV with a video
input. Those old LEEDEX or BALL monitors are really scarce these days. If
you want an authentic or even authentic-looking system, you've got to have the
right sort of monitor.
Ha! My 1902a monitor attached to my C128 just got a little more valuable! ;)
Is it just me or is the screen not as clear on the 1902a (when the 128 is in
64 mode) as I remember my 64 hooked up to a 1702?
Cheers,
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:55 AM
Subject: LEAST valuable collectibles (was: Apple II boards
Lawrence LeMay said:
Cmon, what could possibly be less valuable than
an Apple ][+? A C64
perhaps...
monitors!
non-current printers