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From: japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Tandy/Radio Shack Printers
Keywords: Tandy, DMP-200, CGP-220, Printers
Message-ID: <1572@csm9a.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 89 15:38:10 GMT
References: <1994@gmu90x.UUCP> <852@spudge.UUCP>
Organization: Colorado School of Mines
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In article <852@spudge.UUCP>, johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch) writes:
> 
> What might help you is a package called Pizazz Plus.  They have an add on page
> 229 of the June 13, 1989 issue of PC Magazine and basically all their product
> does is print graphics.  One of the printers that they specifically mention
> having support for is the CGP220.  See if this will do what you want.

Unfortunately Pizass Plus does not support any Tandy video modes or COLOR on
the CGP-220... but then this is typical... the industry will not support
Tandy standards because Tandy historically refuses to release numbers on
various machines sold or sell third party software in their stores...

The exception to this has been the game market for the 1000... Lately Tandy has
begun selling quite a few games through it's stores and as a result many games
now support the 1000 graphics... unfortunately I did not buy my 1000 for games,
I already had a Coco with over 400 games (less than 20 were Tandy!), and most
of the Coco games are better than MSDOS ones anyway...

But for real computer users the Tandy graphics is a nice and relatively un-
supported feature... and Tandy specific printers are worthless...

			   - Joe Applegate -


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