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From: stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Steve Whitney)
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Subject: Re: Atari 1027 printer on an ST?
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Date: 21 Aug 90 05:54:41 GMT
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Subject: Re: Atari 1027 printer on an ST?
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In article <877@beguine.UUCP> John.Bunch@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account) writes:
>Hello all,
>
>I just recently was given an atari 1027 printer, and would like to
>know if it is possible to hook the beast to my ST?  I realize that 
>it may require building some sort of adapter so the st can talk to 
>the SIO port on the printer.  Has anyone ever attempted such a thing?
>Is it possible to do? 
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>John Bunch
>
>John.Bunch@samba.acs.unc.edu

If you can do this, I'd like to know how.  There are a lot of cheap 1020
printer/plotters out there just waiting to be hooked up to STs.  I have
some possible uses for the color output, and I'm sure others do too.

My Atari BASIC Biorhythm program from the June 1986 ANTIC would be nice 
with plotted output.  :-)  (Any of you remember that?)

Perhaps a driver for the Xlator cable would work?

	--Steve


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