Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!dvamc!rdw From: rdw@dvamc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Okidata 92 Message-ID: <1121@dvamc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 08:40:49 EST Article-I.D.: dvamc.1121 Posted: Thu Mar 8 08:40:49 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Mar-84 09:37:05 EST Lines: 50 Several weeks ago I queried the net regarding opinions about printers, wanting something in the dot matrix category which had near letter quality and was not exorbitantly priced. The several comments I received were relatively uniform in their support for the Okidata Microline 92. Accordingly, I have recently *purchased* one of said items and have interfaced it to my C64 using a Cardco Card?+G interface. I am very happy with the print quality, particularly in the Correspondence Mode (40cps), though even the standard mode (160cps) is quite readible. I am however left with some problems and questions for which I again request the sage advice of the seemingly all-knowing net: 1. There seems to be some problem in directly modifying most of the 92's parameters - the device seems to misinterpret the command sequences given, even though I am careful to use proper syntax, have read the manuals, and have set the appropriate dip switches in both 92 and interface unit. There is a particular inability to pass the esc code (CHR$(27)) directly, though, interestingly, Speedscript does not seem to have trouble with this (Speedscript does however have difficulty passing other command codes, even with careful attention to how they are defined). 2. What communications software packages (for uploading/downloading etc.) are available and useful for my particular combination of interface and printer? 3. How does one utilize the bit-map graphics plotting capability of the 92? From the Cardco manual I am led to believe there may be problems with this because of the 92's 7 bit code re- quirements. I am particularly interested in doing displays of material I have created with my Koala Pad. 4. What Word Processor programs appear to work best with the 92/Cardco system? Perhaps this could be a simplistic way of dealing with Problem #1 above. It would be nice to have a WP program which would effectively and easily use the very powerful features of the 92 to their fullest. Well, that's it! Thanks in advance for the help. Rich Weiner/rdw@dvamc mcnc!dvamc!rdw Also:Psychiatry Service Durham VAMC Durham NC 27705 (919) 286-0411