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From: shad04@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dan Fandrich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: printer question
Keywords: C128, Microline 82A
Message-ID: <1989Nov20.070745.18286@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 20 Nov 89 07:07:45 GMT
References: <1565@esquire.UUCP>
Reply-To: shad04@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Dan Fandrich)
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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In article <1565@esquire.UUCP> masters@esquire.UUCP (Bruce Masters) writes:
>I have recently received a Microline 82A. I believe that it is an Okidata.
>I would like to use it with my C128. Does anyone have any info on the dip
>switches located on the rear inside circuit board? Info on the dip switches on
>the front pannel would also be helpful. Can anyone recommend a printer
>interface that would enable me to use this printer with Print Shop. Please
>E-mail me any info. Thanks...
>
>Bruce Masters
>{uunet, cmcl2}!esquire!masters			uucp
>masters@esquire.dpw.com

I've got a uLine 82A sitting around here somewhere myself.  The main reason
it's sitting is that it can't work with Print Shop -- or any other graphics
programs for that matter.  I can only assume that Okidata didn't learn about
bit-mapped graphics until after 1983.  A few years ago I noticed a little ad
in the back of Byte magazine advertising a new ROM for the 82A that gave it
IBM graphics printer compatibility (including graphics) and an NLQ mode.
Without something like that you'll be living in the world of Text Only.

>>> Dan Fandrich
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