On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, John Lawson wrote:
Might anyone within the sound of my bytes have docs
on a
Printronix P 300 line printer? Tech Docs? User's Guide? or at least
I assume Printronix is still around, and most their later printers were
backwards compatible. As least on control codes, graphics, etc.
This machine was last in service on a Prime system,
and has a
large (36-pin??) Winchester connector fitted.
That's a DataProducts parrallel interface. Common standard in the 70's,
pretty rare nowadays. The whole I/O board in the P300 could be swapped
for RS232, Centronics, DataProducts, or IBM coax.
Also: do any of the big mail-order computer supply
houses carry
ribbons for the Decwriters? Not that I couldn't kludge one from
We still use them, they're pretty easy to find.
-Wayne