From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!C70:info-cpm Newsgroups: fa.info-cpm Title: MX80GRAF.DOC Article-I.D.: ucb.1258 Posted: Thu Jun 3 04:10:26 1982 Received: Fri Jun 4 04:33:19 1982 >From w8sdz@BRL Thu Jun 3 04:09:43 1982 I just received this file on my RCPM system. Replies direct to author, please. Hints on the EPSON MX-80 and GRAFTRAX PLUS 5/20/82 August Treubig 1021 E. Mary Poppins Harvey, La. 70058 For those of you who are interested in GRAFTRAX PLUS [May also be true of regular GRAFTRAX] and are using the "old" model 8140 and 8141 serial interface cards: Epson requires the "newer" model 8145, 8250, or 8151 serial interface cards. They state that GRAFTRAX PLUS will not work at all with the old cards........ So be prepared to shell out an additional $120 to $150 for the new card. However, the news is not all bad. The new cards have a 2K memory buffer and will allow you to drive the MX-80 at full tilt, rather than print..wait..print!!!! The benefits of GRAFTRAX PLUS are many... Italics, Super and Subscripts, Automatic underlining, plus all the goodies that were in regular GRAFTRAX. If your are going to install an 8145, make sure that SW 1-8 on the EPSON main board is turned on. It normally set on from the factory. However, I had turned mine off for some reason. If it is turned off, the EPSON will not make the printer ready, ever ever......