Just that page I posted earlier. http://tandy.wiki/DMP-100
On Sat, Mar 9, 2019, 11:17 AM Jeffrey Birt <[email protected]> wrote: > Where is the Wiki? > > Jeff_Birt (Hey Birt!) > > -----Original Message----- > From: M100 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian K. White > Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 1:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [M100] Olivetti M10 up on our favorite auction site > > The list I came up with was the result of a lot of indirect references, > then verified where possible. > > For instance, if I know 2 printers use the same engine, then search for > the ribbon for one of them, I might find an old catalog that lists that > ribbon, and also says 3 other printers that the ribbon also fits. Then I go > searching for any info about those other printers. Sometimes you find > pictures which can show the mechanism inside or the label on the bottom, > sometimes you can find an ancient article reviewing the printer in enough > depth to that you can at least tentatively accept whatever basic facts it > claims, like "... is a re-badged ___". Sometimes you can find something > real authoritative like the manual. > > I tried to do the same thing for CGP-15. > > And, they're in a wiki, which anyone can add to if they happen to know > some detail that's not there yet. > > The only way anything like that is ever going to get anything remotely > like comprehensive, is through collaboration of a lot of different people > chipping in their one tiny thing they happen to know over time. > Like I only know a few things for sure because of the printers I actually > have, or have seen. You may know a different few things for sure because > you actually have or have seen some other printer. Someone else maybe 2 > years from now knows a different few things for sure because they worked at > a place that made them or that repaired them etc... Added all up it gets > useful over time, and no single person had to spend more than a few minutes > to document whatever detail they happened to know about. No single person > had to have a life mission to compile info about printers. > > I don't know of any collected cross reference db other than > linuxprinting.org, but that's all about software compatibility not the > mechanicals. If 2 printers peak the same data, it's only a clue that they > might possibly also be mechanically related. > > -- > bkw > > On 3/6/19 10:08 AM, Jeffrey Birt wrote: > > > > I wonder if there is a printer cross reference list anywhere on the web? > > > > Jeff_Birt > > > > *From:* M100 <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Tom > > Hoppe > > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 5, 2019 4:49 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Olivetti M10 up on our favorite auction site > > > > The Commodore 1525 printer also utilizes the same mechanism, but > > different firmware/bus architecture: > > > > http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Commodore/VIC-1525%20Printer%20User > > 's%20Manual.pdf > > > > Tom > > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 1:49 PM John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > I think Brian was referring to the "engine" being the same. So the > > plastics could be different. > > > > The question is, if it's the the same does the engine include just > > the mechanism or also the controller/firmware/escapes? > > > > -- John. > > > > > > >
