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From: wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Epson LX-800 to Tandy 1000A
Keywords: AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
Message-ID: <1131@psuhcx.psu.edu>
Date: 5 Jan 89 17:31:36 GMT
References: <3855@alvin.mcnc.org>
Reply-To: wcf@psuhcx (Bill Fenner)
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In article <3855@alvin.mcnc.org> jewett@mcnc.org (Rusty Ford Jewett) writes:
|So, my question is:  is the Epson printer at fault (with a faulty DIP switch),
|or is this a quirk arising from the use of a Tandy with a non-Tandy product?

It's Tandy's fault.  I really wish I could kill some of their product
designers.  Anyway, pin 14 on the centronics connector is kept high by
the Tandy, which tells the epson to ignore the DIP switch and always print
a LF with a CR.  The easiest way to solve this is to tape over pin 14 with
a tiny piece of masking tape or cassette splicing tape (or something just
as small.)  Make sure you only get pin 14.


Good luck!

  Bill
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