Recent content by keenerb

I tracked down a Brother printer with built-in Laserjet and FX-800 emulation. Testing it out now, is pretty neat so far...

I guess I have a few small updates. I found a NIB Brother HL printer with hardware PCL and FX-850 support and that's definitely staying in my collection. Both emulations seems to be spot-on with the apps I tested, although the text fonts in Epson mode are much more Laserjet-crisp than would be...

Maybe. I'd really like to clean up some storage space but what do you have? I'm a big Tandy/Radio Shack and handheld/portable systems fan.

I'm not a commodore guy and I'm unable to test any of this, I don't have a power adapter or drive cables. Everything appears excellent condition externally. Also throwing in what seems to be a Vic20 video output adapter and a vic20 power supply that was in excellent condition until it slipped...

FX350 would be my suggestion for anyone wanting to experience "retro" 9-pin printing with both modern and vintage hardware, in the most convenient way possible. The serial/USB/LPT inputs on it give a lot of options and let you even print from Windows 11, Dosbox-x, and pretty much any vintage...

That's partially becaue this is the compatibility list for the Epson MX-80 8750 cartridge. I'd wager it's the most commonly used ribbon ever made! Very easy to find good ones online and my most commonly used donor ribbon to transplant into other dry ribbon cartridges. Compatible ADP CDK...

No local daisy wheel printers turned up, and eBay prices are absolutely unbelievable...

I got rid of most of the printers, gave away or donated to Goodwill, sold a few on Ebay. I'm currently down to six, the two new Epsons, two old Epson (T1000 and T3000), and two Tandy printers (DMP130a and 133). I need to track down one of the Brother printers with laserjet and Epson emulation...

I really have no idea how this happened, but here I am. Since I've spent literally months tinkering with various vintage printers, modern printers, and printer emulators I suppose I might as well share some of what I've found regarding vintage printers, new printers, and connectivity options...

https://www.ak-nord.de/Documents/Datasheet_EN/DS_LPT2USB_ENG.pdf I'd like to use this to connect a modern HP inkjet to a vintage PC. If I specify an HP 550C driver in Windows for the inkjet it prints out just fine, so I'd HOPE an old application with HP deskjet or laserjet support would work...

I got my v2 Book8088 and it's a tremendous improvement over the original. The included V20 and better screen makes turns it into an actual USABLE system. Does anyone know of a serial to wifi modem that works well with these?

1000sl powers the drive through the floppy cable doesn't it? A 1.44mb hotel should work fine, but you risk frying your floppy emulator if you don't cut the power lines in the floppy cable or on the hotel side...

It was just a command line application. I'll take a look at that though, thanks.

I seem to remember there was a simple MSDOS application that would generate a printable monthly or yearly calender as a text file. I may be thinking of pcal for Linux consoles. Anyone know of a simple command line app that generates a text calendar like I'm remembering? Thanks!

Got a few neat-ish systems for sale, ranging from 8088 to K6-2, all tested to power on and boot to BIOS. Send offer via DM! PS/2 Model 30 Dimension XPS 466v, no video card (but boots fine if you install one): Deskpro PIII SFF / pizzabox IBM Aptiva E175