[Coco] Re: Look what's on eBay

[Andrew]

Pretty cool, but I have my share of "antique" printers already (plus a 
few "newer" inkjet models that I mean to tear down for parts).

One is my original CGP-220 - AFAIK, the mechanicals work OK, but the ink 
is all dried up, and who knows how "clean" the ink path is. I still have 
old cartridges (color and b/w), though, so I have had thoughts on a 
teardown, cleanup, and rebuild, then refilling the carts (in some way).

The other printer is a TRP-100, and it works great! I have it hooked up 
to my CoCo 3 and it printed just fine. My biggest issue with it is that 
I don't have a manual or anything to tell me the control codes (I wish I 
could find something on this printer - nothing in my Rainbow or TRS-80 
Microcomputer News back issues), plus it is impossible to obtain any new 
thermal ribbons (though I understand that thermal fax paper works ok in 
it). I did manage to find another ribbon cartridge that won't fit it, 
but I can use the ribbon at least (by transferring it to the cartridge 
in it). The ribbon is the same width, it is just in a different 
cartridge format.

It sure does fit nicely on top of my CM-8, though - and since it can run 
on batteries (4-5 'C' cells), it is "portable", too!

-- Andrew L. Ayers
    Glendale (Phoenix), Arizona