On 2000-12-16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Thank you for your memories! :-)
>Radio Shack! Ahhh, the memories.
>I'm a Heath/Zenith 89/90 and KayPro guy, myself.
>I used to have to interface printers with just about
>anything with a Z80 in it, and I recall the thing with
>Tandy using "Carriage Return without Line Feed"
>sent at the end of a line, while the rest of the world
>was doing "Carriage Return *with* Line Feed" to
>end lines.
How times have changed...!
>Most dot-matrix printers have a switch under the
>cover (or in back) which (among other things)
>toggles between CR-Only and CR-LF modes. In
>the CR-Only mode (also called "Auto LF" mode),
>the printer adds its own LF when it receives a CR,
>thus advancing the paper.
Ah, yes... here it is from my Okidata Microline 182 Turbo manual:
"When a carriage return is received, the printer prints one line of
data. If internal switch 3 is set ON for automatic line feed, the
carriage return will be accompanied by a line feed."
So if I wish to print my TRS-80 files, that's what I'll have to do
on that printer to have it come out correctly. The manual *does*
show the location of the switches, and it shows that the default
setting for automatic carriage return is "off". That explains it.
>Many printers will also allow this setting to be
>changed though escape sequences. My books are
>still packed from the move, but I'm sure that stuff
>can be sniffed out on the 'net.
>Let me know if you get stuck finding that info.
Thanks!
Jerry [o:--] "The" IBM AT/5170 model 339 [--^~---] 9600kbps/30M HD
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