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- From: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser)
- Subject: Re: SX212 & Homewriter 10 Printer ?'s
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.222225.24489@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 22:22:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.143458.2603@bvc.edu> niceswangern@bvc.edu writes:
- >Hello,
- >
- The other day I noticed that B&C is selling the SX212
- >modem for $30.
- > My question is : If I buy the "SX-Express Modem Software Package",
- >will this be the only extra thing I'll need to buy to use this modem?
-
- You actually don't need to buy SX Express to use the modem! A sharware
- program called BobTerm supports the SX212 modem.
-
- >Also, what are the costs nowadays for using the modem [subscribing to
- >certain services, etc.]?
-
- The best sources for Atari 8-bit services are local BBSes. If you want
- to subscribe to one of the national networks (such as GEnie, CompuServe,
- etc), you will be paying at least $5 a month just for having an account
- on one of these systems, plus an hourly fee ranging from $6 to $13.
-
- > Another unrelated question ... A long time ago I bought an Epson
- >Homewriter-10 printer and hooked it up to my 1050 disk drive with an Epson
- >Interface (Part #8692AA). Everything has worked fine on it, except for the
- >fact that it won't print ANY graphics whatsoever. I have several programs
- >like Cardware and such, as well as lots of pictures from AtariArtist that
- >I'd like to print, but can't. Would a new interface help the problem?
- >(This printer does support graphics, by the way.) Maybe the ICD printer
- >cable will work?
-
- If this printer is identical to the Epson LX-90 I used to own, which
- required the owner to purchase a cartridge that plugged into the printer
- and provided the necessary interface, then you need a different
- cartridge. The Atari interface cartridge for that printer emulates a
- 1025. To do graphics, you need the IBM cartridge. Good luck finding
- one, however. They are VERY difficult to locate. It may actually be
- cheaper for you to buy a used printer with a standard Centronics
- interface. Oh yeah, you will need something like an 850, P:R
- Connection, or some other printer interface to hook up a standard
- Centronics printer to your 8-bit.
-
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