[sebhc] printer driver

Dwight K. Elvey dwight.elvey at amd.com
Tue Feb 22 11:26:01 CST 2005


>From: "Dave Dunfield" <dave04a at dunfield.com>
>
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>My first printer (other than a teletype) was also an H-14, which I used
>on my Altair, and I do recall the thermal limiting after you had printed
>a few lines. I don't think mine waited "5 to 10" minutes, but I do recall
>that it would go into mode with a few second delay between each line that
>was printed. I also don't recall handshake problems - I did many a printout
>on that combination.
>
---snip---

The handshake was most likely the result of the inverted
handshake signal input. I recall having to write special
printer drivers for the Heathkit to invert the signal
for my old centronix 601.
Dwight


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