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Re: Printers on a Speccy +2

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On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:34:53 -0800 (PST)
losborne74@gmail.com wrote:

> I've just had a nose around on Google and it turns out that OKI still
> make new dot matrix printers with an RS232 interface, and Epson LQ
> compatibility. They're not a bad price, and as they have USB ports
> too, I could use it with my PC as well. If I get a suitable adaptor
> lead, will this printer be likely to work with 128 BASIC's built-in
> commands?

Crikey. Probably. I used to use an Epson compatible on the toastrack
128K's RS232 port, although that was about 30 years ago. It doesn't
seem that long.

Until I try to remember how it's all done, that is.

I've a vague idea that it Just Works™ with LPRINT, LLIST, and all that,
and you can use OPEN #... er, something, to do more interesting stuff
with raw Epson control codes. Maybe. That might have been the parallel
interface I used with the 48K.

I remember when all this was just fields, you know. Now get away from
my bins.

-- 
Duncan Snowden.

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Printers on a Speccy +2 losborne74@gmail.com - 2016-12-27 11:34 -0800
  Re: Printers on a Speccy +2 Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2016-12-29 15:17 +0000
    Re: Printers on a Speccy +2 Guesser <alistair@zxnet.co.uk> - 2016-12-29 15:42 +0000
      Re: Printers on a Speccy +2 Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2016-12-30 13:21 +0000
        Re: Printers on a Speccy +2 Guesser <alistair@zxnet.co.uk> - 2016-12-30 13:41 +0000
    Re: Printers on a Speccy +2 "Chris" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2016-12-30 22:52 +0000
    Re: Printers on a Speccy +2 Robert Newson <nothanks@bullet3.fsnet.oc.ku> - 2017-01-03 14:38 +0000
  Re: Printers on a Speccy +2 Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2016-12-29 14:32 +0000
    Re: Printers on a Speccy +2 losborne74@gmail.com - 2017-01-03 04:28 -0800

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