Sam,
> It has what looks like a standard parallel port.
== This is a standard Centronics parallel port.
== You can obtain a Centronics-compatible cable
== from just about anywhere that does cables.
> Will it work with just about any kind of popular
> dot matrix printer?
== Yes. The software will need to be told what
== kind of printer it has (of course) if it wants to
== do any kind of control beyond the generic
== printing of words.
> Will I have to know some special CPM commands
> to get it to work?
== If a program asks, its name will be either LPT:
== or PRN: (Most software will only want to know
== if your printer is serial or parallel). The PIP
== (Peripheral Interchange Program) command
== will allow you to send raw files to the printer.
== A command line like "PIP LPT:=myfile.txt"
== will copy a file to the printer -- trusting that
== the printer will be able properly handshake.
> I have a manual on CPM, but it is a
> generic one, not having been written for any
> particular machine.
== Happily, most of what you find there will work
== without any modification.
> I'm a newbie to CPM. Please help.
== Glad to help.
~~ Garry
----- Original Message -----
"Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:30:41 -0700
> Garry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Radio Shack! Ahhh, the memories.
> > I'm a Heath/Zenith 89/90 and KayPro guy, myself.
>
> I have a TRS 80, but not a model 100. It's a
> model 300 or something like that.
>
> I'm glad to know there is a Kaypro guy on the list.
> I have a Kapro II. It works. I don't have the manuals
> for it. I have never tried to hook it up to a printer yet.
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