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From: a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Help needed to connect micro92 printer to Amiga 500
Message-ID: <2789@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 90 19:41:03 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In article <62333@bu.edu.bu.edu> frank@buast7.bu.edu (Frank Sienkiewicz)
writes:

>I got a used Okidata u92 (micro92, that is) (IBM compatable graphics printer,
>model number 5232G, serial number 201097, manufactured 1984)
>without an owners manual or cables. The printer looks like it is
>in good shape, even the ribbon. It turns on, line and page feeds, etc.

     A friend of mine has a couple of micro82's which are presumably
pretty similar - probably an older model with narrow carriage.  (I
can't remember whether the wide carriage is the 83/93 and the newer
model is the 9x as opposed to the 8x, or vice versa.)  Anyway, his
82 contains both serial (DB25) and parallel (Centronics connector)
interfaces, and you can change from one to the other by flipping a
DIP switch (hidden under the cover) and cycling the power.  He has
his attached to both his old Z-80 box (via the serial port) and an
IBM clone (via the parallel port) and can select one or the other.

>To solve the missing cable problem, a friend of mine gave me a Centronics
>cable to patch the printer into the SERIAL port of my Amiga 500.

     This doesn't sound right.  In any event, it's guaranteed NOT
to work if you've selected the parallel port in Preferences.  The
error message you're getting is an appropriate one in this case.

     I'm surprised your cable plugged straight into the serial port
without a gender bender, unless it's a weird one made up for a 1000
or something.  In any event, the first thing I'd try is to plug the
cable into the parallel port without changing anything else (except
perhaps the cable if necessary to fit).  If you'd like I could have
my friend dig out his Okidata manual - it might be close enough for
you to use its information.

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP
If your nose runs and your feet smell, you're built upside-down.