[Coco] Using Rick Adam's DELPHIterm 3.1 to connect a Coco3 to a TRS80 PT210

[rietveld rietveld]

The PT210 does have a built in thermal 80 column printer but I don't think it was designed to operate as a standalone printer. But it does work as a stand alone typewriter when used in 'off line' mode

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From: John W. Linville
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Subject: Re: [Coco] Using Rick Adam's DELPHIterm 3.1 to connect a Coco3 to a TRS80 PT210


If what Art describes is the issue you are having, you might also
want to review this:

        http://retrotinker.blogspot.com/2016/08/using-receipt-printer-with-cocomc-10.html

That blog entry is specific to the MC-10, but the concept transfers
to the CoCo as well.

Hth!

John

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 01:35:03PM -0400, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> Many basic printers of that era had a dip switch that selected whether the
> printer would do a linefeed on CR alone, as the CoCo generally outputs, or
> whether the printer required an explicit linefeed character in addition to
> the CR.  Have you checked the docs for whether that option is available?
> If the printer was doing carriage returns only with no linefeed,
> overwriting each line with the next line, the wrong dip switch setting
> might be where the problem lies.
>
> If there is no dip switch, it is also possible that the printer accepts
> some sort of control code (usually an escape byte plus another byte or two)
> that will put it into the mode for generating an automatic linefeed when
> sent a carriage return.
>
> Art
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 1:20 PM, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > All very good points but the reason I made the video was to show that
> > DELPHITERM was the only terminal program that I could get to properly work
> > with the PT210 The deluxe rs232 paks terminal program works but will not
> > issue a proper carriage return. The paper would not advanced up unless the
> > terminal program transmitted a full 80 characters, either full or blank
> > DelphiTerm did work after I setup the basic loader with the terminal
> > settings including the PT210 s max baud rate of 300
> >
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry
> >   Original Message
> > From: Salvador Garcia via Coco
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 11:10 AM
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Cc: Salvador Garcia
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Using Rick Adam's DELPHIterm 3.1 to connect a Coco3 to
> > a TRS80 PT210
> >
> >
> >  And if you get any alcohol on the printout, the fading will be
> > instantaneous.  :-D
> >
> > The only way to be sure is to either scan the thermal printout or get a
> > copy of it using a tried and true copy machine.
> >
> > Salvador
> >     On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 2:09:15 AM CDT, Gene Heskett <
> > gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:
> >  <snip>
> >  Just be aware that those thermal paper printouts have a very poor shelf
> > life, fading into the sunset in 6 months or less. Higher storage temps
> > and light exposure hasten this, a lot.  So don't figure on going back
> > and refreshing you memory by re-reading it 2 years later.
> >
> > <snip>
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