[Coco] Coco to parallel printer

[Sean]

I have one available I would be willing to part with.  And it's CoCo specific.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/thOZYPoFkZnIf2EYFqgWyA?authkey=Gv1sRgCIKYvLL49PucmQE&feat=directlink

Make an offer that's reasonable enough to get off the couch, dig
through some boxes, and go mail it.  I think I may have the
instructions somewhere too.

But I think the other issue is finding a printer it would work with.
Don't most printers rely on the PC and drivers to do most of the work
now?

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Michael Furman <n6il at ocs.net> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> To connect a Coco to a printer with a 36-pin Centronics Parallel connector
> (which is what I assume you meant by a "regular" printer) you need a serial
> to parallel printer adapter.  These used to be common but are a lot harder
> to find now that everything uses USB.  Pretty much any will do as long as it
> supports 600 or 1200 baud and hardware (DTR) flow control.  Here is an
> example, you should be able to find something cheaper elsewhere:
>
> http://www.pccables.com/30200.htm
>
>
> This one supports 1200 baud which will work:
>
> http://www.provantage.com/aten-sxp320a~7ATEN02J.htm
>
> Refer to pages 38 and 39 of the Coco1 Technical Reference  Manual for the
> printer settings and connection information (this is more complete than the
> Coco3 manual pp 313-314)
> ftp://ftp.maltedmedia.com/coco/MANUALS1/TANDY_HW/COCO/COCO1/CoCo1TM.pdf
>
> On Mar 13, 2009, at 5:19 AM, Bill wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have an adapter to allow a Coco to print to a "regular"
>> printer?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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