Wow. I used to use one of those for BBSing back in the day, and it required nulls …
Sent from my iPhone > On 30 Oct 2021, at 07:36, CuriousMarc via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It may very well have the double head. It's not dropping any characters at > 1200. I am surprised. That's 4x the expected speed! > Here is another sighting of a Silent 703 working at 1200 bauds: > https://ronsapartment.blogspot.com/2018/06/altair-duino-and-ti-silent-700.ht > ml > Says the author in the comments: "My Silent 700 came with a manual. So I > went by that. I was pleasantly surprised that my Silent 700 had the "high > speed option"." > So there was a high-speed option for the Silent 703 apparently? > Marc > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: James B DiGriz [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 10:01 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: CuriousMarc >> Subject: Re: Overclocked TI Silent 703 at 1200 bauds? >> >>> On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:35:50 -0700 >>> CuriousMarc via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I recently acquired a TI Silent 703 on ePay and just fired up. It >>> worked right away. But I expected it to work at 300 bauds as >>> advertised, and to my surprise, it clocked at a the head turning >>> speed of 1200 bauds! Did they hot-rod it later in its product life? >>> It says MODEL 703 at the back, part no. 2310503-0010. I did not open >>> it up yet. Is this a hardware mod? Is there an internal switch that >>> can toggle it between 300 and 1200? >>> >>> Marc >>> >> >> I'm drawing a blank on that PN. I'm scanning in the 1985 TI Express >> Catalog right now and it only lists the 2310503-0001. I think there is >> an int'l version -0003. Even if the serial port would work at 1200, >> though, the printhead only does 45 cps. Pic of a supposed -0010 on >> Worthpoint, but I don't subscribe for details or confirmation. >> However, it would have to have something like the 2 char thermal >> printhead in the 780 series to print without buffering at 1200 baud, I >> would think. Dig some more in daylight. >> >> jbdigriz >
