More on 5216...
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The 5216 Model 001 printer attaches to a PC or LAN via parallel connection,
Model 002 attaches to a PC or LAN via serial connection.
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On Friday 05 December 2003 13:59, Lyle Bickley wrote:
> According to IBM (see below), you can use an IBM Proprinter or Epson
> FX-1050 driver with this printer. I suspect that there may be missing
> functionality, but at least it's easier to find documentation on Epson
> printers for a start....
>
> Lyle
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>---------------------------------- 5216 Generic Text, IBM Proprinter, Epson
> FX-1050. These drivers function best in Win 3.1 environment. There are no
> known drivers which offer complete compatibility with Win 95, Win 98, or
> Win NT. If PC or LAN printing with these operating systems is desired, IBM
> recommends replacing this printer. No PC or LAN drivers are available for
> this printer.
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>
> On Friday 05 December 2003 13:41, Tom Jennings wrote:
> > (Problems with a mailserver, so I'm re-sending. My apologies if this is a
> > duplicate.)
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 14:11, Bill Machacek wrote:
> > > I'd like to find out a little more about the IBM 5216 Wheelprinter I
> > > just received. What computers did it work with? There are only 2
> > > female input connectors on the back, one is marked "T" and the other
> > > one "P". Anyone have information on the type of computers this unit was
> > > setup to work with? TIA for your responses.
> >
> > If it's anything like the 5218 used on the Displaywriter, well, umm,
> > good luck talking to it without proper documentation.
> >
> > The interface was bit serial I think, I forget electrically what flavor.
> > Logically it was a byte stream, it was very modal (online/offline plus
> > more) and had a complex "packet"-based command structure, even print
> > characters.
> >
> > to printer HDR1 HDR1 DATA
> > from printer RESPONSE
> >
> > Sort of thing. Every switch press generated an interrupt via command
> > response packets, and/or set flags htat you could read via commands.
> >
> > There were pages of commands. To me, in 1982, it seemed extremely
> > complex for a printer. I had to make WordStar talk to it properly, it
> > wasn't easy.
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA 94040
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
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