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Subject: Re: Tandy Printer + PC Compatible Query
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Date: 5 Apr 89 17:02:00 GMT
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Written  5:50 pm  Apr  3, 1989 by cunixa.cc.columbia.edu!walsh in comp.sys.tandy
>My classical Chinese professor recently replaced his Tandy PC (it sort
>of blew up or something; he wasn't very clear--blamed it on the maid)
>with a PC compatible (don't remember the make, a 47th Street Photo
>special that weekend).  He'd like to keep using his fancy Tandy
>daisywheel printer with the compatible.  He got a standard parallel
>cable and plugged it in, but then the printer goes dead--you don't get
>that nice "click-click" sound when you turn it on, the online light

This isn't my area of specialization but I have been told that (back
when the standards weren't quite so clear and nobody cared much) Tandy's
printer interface went a slightly different direction than IBM PC's.
Tandy is now in the process of changing to the now-industry-standard.
Until then, the typical Tandy-cable is slightly different than the
standard cable.  Tandy should be selling an IBM-PC-style cable now
or very soon.  I suspect that that is what you need.

P.S.	I think it has something to do with the INIT line.
	<disclaimer's apply and are available upon request>
	I wonder if that line would hold up if we got sued?

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
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