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From: covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Word-Up
Summary: Gemini-10x Isn't Epson compatible
Message-ID: <47212a9c.14a1f@force.UUCP>
Date: 29 Nov 89 17:32:44 GMT
References: <4529@blake.acs.washington.edu> <8679@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
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In article <8679@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>, abc@cs.purdue.EDU (Rick Hunter) writes:
> In article <4529@blake.acs.washington.edu>, themod@blake.acs.washington.edu (Chris Hinton) writes:
> > 
> > entry to work with a 1040ST with a double sided drive and a Gemini 15X 
> > printer.  Everything is okay, I load it up, go through the install program
> > 
> >    Chris Hinton
> 
> Funny you should mention this. When I first got a copy of this program
> I had the same problem. Except, I was using a Gemini10X. I could not get
> the thing to work with the printer unless I did some fancy formating
> with page length and width. Even then it was not guaranteed to work.
> 
> What did I end up doing? My brother coughed for a new printer that 
> is known to work with it. I could not determine exactly if the problem
> was in the software or my outdated printer. For all the trouble you are
> going through I would suggest buying a new printer. Oddly, I could
> get it to work with the Star NX-1000 at the store where I bought the
> program. Hope this helps. Has anyone else had this problem with the
> older Gemini printers?????
> 
> Alan Chan
> abc@arthur.cs.purdue.edu


That is funny, because I bought my Gemini-10X over 10 years ago, back
when the original Epson mx-80 came out. And the Gemini-10X was NEVER
100% compatible with the Epson mx/fx-80 printers. All kinds of programs
broke when using the old Gemini-10X. Which is a shame because the Gemini-10X
was a very reliable dependable printer. I perferred it over the mx-80 printers.
I used my Gemini-10X with my S-100 buss computer (remember the z80 and cpm80?).
and it worked fine in most applications.

But the 10X never worked quite right with ST programs.

Oh well, buy a new 24 pin printer, it has better printouts and you can buy
a new 24 pin printer for < $300.00 (USD of course).

Gee, and I thought that the 10X printers would be all gone by now. shows just
how good they are if they are still in use after 10 years!!


rich Covert (gtephx!covertr NOT force!covertr, force is my Apollo node name,
as in Let the Force be with you!! :-) ).