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I've received several messages from netters regarding various weird behavior
by the 1027. The most common complaint is that it stops, dead, in the middle
of a print, often needing to be repowered. As for my own 1027, I've 
noticed that when I use DOS2.0S to copy a file to the P: device, the 
printer will always drop dead several lines into the file; this is relaibly
repeatable. However, when I write a BASIC program which feeds test lines
to the printer, I can not get it to die. I seem to recall reading in one
of the Atari magazines that the printer problem was a known software
"feature"; something having to do with a kluge that would keep the 1027
from overheating by forcing it to take a rest once in a while.

Does anyone else have any information to share regarding this problem ?
I think I've seen on Compuserve a patch for AtariWriter which is supposed
to rectify this problem.

		Alan J. Broder
		Mitre Corporation
		ajb@mitre