Message-ID: <1579@cca.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 20:07:20 EST
Article-I.D.: cca.1579
Posted: Thu Feb  7 20:07:20 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 08:05:44 EST
Organization: Computer Corp America, Cambridge
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Do any of the readers of this group use TRS-80 Model 4-P
s?  If so, do any of you use printers with your machines?
If so, what type of printers have you found to work properly?
 
  I have a 4-P, running under TRSDOS 6.1.2, and I just bought
a Star Micronics Powertype to use with it.  The Powertype is a
daisy-wheel printer which is supposed to be compatible with
most computers, either through a serial or parallel interface.
When I connected the printer, though, and turned it on, the printer
powered up for about 2 seconds and died.  I exchanged the printer for
a new one, thinking the original one was defective, and the same thing
occurred with the second one.  I know the second one worked before
I connected it, as I ran a self-test on it.  Now, though, it won't 
even power up.  
   I had the printer conneclted via a "standard?" Centronics
parallel cable to the appropriate card plug on the computer.
 
    Is it possible to use a serial printer with this machine?
Does anyone have any ideas as to what might have caused this
problem with my printer?
 
    Thanks in advance for any possible ideas...
 
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