SWTPc PR-40 & Atari 820 (was Re: Hmm...)

The 820's simple have a connector row from its custom SIO interface to the mech, so if you needed a new mech, you'd just pull it out and use it as is, no mods.... Smart move on Atari's part back in 1980 as they needed peripherals and why reinvent the wheel when all they had to do was make their custom interface and us an off the shelf printer mech. As for the 825, its a all Centronic 737 inside, all Atari did was give it a new set of Atari clothes :-)

----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.comTo: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.orgSent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: Re: SWTPc PR-40 & Atari 820 (was Re: Hmm...) > Any idea how much is involved in the electronics. Is it all standard parts > or what? I foresee a run on Atari printers! > Joe > At 01:03 PM 1/15/04 -0500, you wrote: > > 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 > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mike" <dogas(a)bellsouth.net> >To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > ><cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> >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&category=1247 > >> >> http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/o/dogas/Ss10.jpg > >> >> ... Anyone got an Atari 820 printer to trade? > >> >> >> ;) > >> - Mike > >