From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!CSTROM@mit-mc.arpa
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: Printers and Their Repair
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.372
Posted: Sat Feb  5 05:37:00 1983
Received: Mon Feb  7 01:49:25 1983

From:  Charlie Strom 

If it makes you feel any better, you are not alone! I had an Okidata
82A die on me - it ended up to be akin to a lightening strike (though
the sun was shining) and required change of the microprocessor, a
driver and the buffer in-between the two as well as the printhead. All
but the latter were available locally (though at ridiculous prices -
the Big Apple is small potatoes when it comes to electronic parts.)
The printhead (as well as an excellent technical manual) had to come
from Okidata in N.J. The hitch was that they will not accept purchase
orders unless a check accompanies it; also nixx on C.O.D.'s.
In a similar vein, we had a Televideo 912 (ughh) dies and traced it to
the microprocessor. Televideo has a $50 min., and will not accept
C.O.D.'s or P.O.'s either. So, we tried to get the chip through a TI
distributor. To make an aggravating story short, we are still waiting
for the chip after about a month and expect another month of
thumb-twiddling.
Info like this is most valuable BEFORE one makes the next purchase,
isn't it?!