howell@unc.UUCP (William Howell) (10/02/85)
A friend has a Commodore 4032 computer system which is currently
outfitted with a Commodore CBM Bi-Directional dot matrix Printer,
model 4023, which is connected to the computer by means of an
IEEE-488 interface. The only software that he runs is Professional
Software Incorporated's WordPro 3 Plus word processing software.
His objective is to purchase an inexpensive letter quality printer
that will be compatible with the 4032 computer, the IEEE-488
interface and the software. I would appreciate any information
anyone can provide as well as possible leads, such as user groups,
magazines, etcetera. I am in the process of contacting the
manufacturers to see what they can do for him. I rarely read
any of these news groups, so I would prefer if you would respond
by electronic mail. Thanks in advance.
US MAIL: University of North Carolina
New West Hall 035A
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
TELEPHONE: 919-962-7103
USENET: decvax!mcnc!unc!howell
CSNET: howell@unc
ARPANET: howell%unc@csnet-relaykushnier@NADC.ARPA (10/09/85)
I use a PIE Interface Card was is/was made by Lemdata Products, PO Box 1080
Columbia, Md. 21044. This converts IEEE-488 to parallel Centronics, and
takes care of the "half-ASCII" PET codes. The parallel Centronics interface
is supported by a number of low cost, letter quality printers. I have it
running on a NEC spinwriter Model 5530, which, unfortunately has also been
discontinued. Good luck in finding the board!
Ron
kushnier@nadc.arpa