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Article #1616Need printer info for VT-180 (ROBIN)
From: Robert N. Perry (Sky Scum)
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1988 15:38
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1988 15:38
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I have a VT-180 (ROBIN) that I'm trying to get an Epson fx-80 printer to work with. I have a null modem cable which several people have verified is wired properly and the printer has a serial port. Problem is, nothing gets printed out when data is sent to the printer. I have also verified that the printer and VT-180 are set for 9600 bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. It also doesn't work at lower speeds. It DOES work on an IBM PC/XT, so I know the printer is OK. I suspect that there is a control line problem with the way the cable is set up. Can anyone who has a VT-180 with a working printer tell me how you got it to work ?? Thanks in advance. Please respond via e-mail as I don't normally subscribe to this newsgroup. -- Robert N. Perry (Sky Scum) Tektronix, Inc. D-11561 bobp%tekcae@tektronix.TEK.COM "When I works, I works hard. When I sits, I sits easy. When I thinks, I goes to sleep."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekcae!bobp From: bobp@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM (Robert N. Perry (Sky Scum)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Need printer info for VT-180 (ROBIN) Message-ID: <2162@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM> Date: 28 Oct 88 15:38:43 GMT Reply-To: bobp@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM (Robert N. Perry (Sky Scum)) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 21