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From: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip M Gieszczykiewicz)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.os.cpm,comp.terminals,misc.wanted
Subject: Kaypro10 -> centronics printer
Summary: no go
Keywords: Apple works, though...
Message-ID: <90150@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 91 03:51:16 GMT
Reply-To: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Followup-To: sci.electronics
Organization: The Last Jedi
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	Greetings. I'm in the process of "grasping at straws" - as they say.

	I have 2 computers and 2 printers. I have an Apple //e and a
	Kaypro 10. I have one TEC F10-55 and an Infoscribe 1000.
	Fine.

	I can hook up both printers to my Apple and they work like a
	dream.

	When I hook them up to the K10, I get text that has random
	grabage in many places - quite bad, actually or no text at all.

	The main problem that I'm having is the fact that I have no
	docs for my printers. The TEC has an 8-bit and a 12-bit DIP
	switch while the Infoscribe has an 8-bit DIP switch. I have
	no idea what they do - less experimentation....

	Could the problem be that the Stobe and busy are interchanged or
	that busy is never called by the printer. I have docs for the 	
	computers - no problems there.

	Anyone? The TEC is a Diablo 630 "clone" and the InfoScribe is
	a fast 9-pin dot matrix. The infoscribe is on its 13th box of
	paper so it's not like I just got the printer last week :-)

	Is there a trick? Some line that's not quite standard? Anything!

	Take care.
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