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

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 16 October 2018 20:00:05 Spencer via Coco wrote:

>  Interesting!  AND to find a rs232 at a recycling place!  Wow!  Timing
> is everything. How hard is it to find print heads for it?
>
>     On ‎Sunday‎, ‎October‎ ‎14‎, ‎2018‎ ‎02‎:‎10‎:‎44‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EDT,
> rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  It's a TRS80 PT210 dumb terminal  with built in 80 column thermal
> printer. The printer is used to display whatever the host computer is
> transmitting to it
>
> I never used it much since the only way to connect to my coco or model
> 3 was via its built in acoustic coupler and phone line.
>
> I recently got lucky and found the optional RS232 adapter card for it
> at an electronics recycling company. Now I can connect it to almost
> any computer just using a standard DB25 to DB25 cable.  The card has a
> switch that reverse‎s the Host and Received pins #2 and #3; this
> creates a null modem cable effect
>
> The printer uses standard 8 1/2 inch thermal fax paper that is readily
> available at any office supply store
>
> Now that I found this card I use the PT210 a lot more. It works very
> well with the deluxe rs232 pak and Ricks DELPHITERM program
>
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.
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry
>   Original Message
> From: Spencer via Coco
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2018 1:47 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Cc: Spencer
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Using Rick Adam's DELPHIterm 3.1 to connect a
> Coco3 to a TRS80 PT210
>
>
>  Yes vid.  I am curious about the prn.  Is it thermal or what?  That's
> interesting.  I see it's an RS unit.  What model is it?
>
>     On ‎Saturday‎, ‎October‎ ‎13‎, ‎2018‎ ‎10‎:‎15‎:‎13‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EDT,
> rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hNXbh8tSKWE
>
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