Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Path: news.uiowa.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!newshub.cts.com!crash!pro-palmtree!rder From: rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com (Richard Der) Subject: Re: Dip switch setting on Z-80 Card and Grappler+ Printer card Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA Date: Wed, 10 Jul 96 00:39:32 PDT Message-ID: Lines: 50 >Does any one know what the dip switches on the above mentioned >card are used for? > >The printer card is a Grappler+ Printer interface made by >Orange Micro Inc, On it there is a bank of 4 dip switches. Grappler+ DIP switch settings: DIP switch positions 1* 2 3 4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Anadex Printers off on off off Apple DMP off off on off C. Itoh 8510 EP off on on on Epson Dot Matrix Printers off on on on Hewlett Packard Think-Jet off on on on NEC 8023, C.Itoh 8510/ProWriter off on on off Okidaata 82A,83A,84,182,183,92, 93,192,193 off off on on Okidata 84 w/o Step II Graphics off off off on Panasonic KXP-1090 off on on on Smith-Corona D-100/200/300 off on on on Star Micronics Series off on off on **Transparent Mode off off off off * Switch 1 controls the MSB (Most Significant Bit=8th bit of data). When this switch is on, the MSB is not transmitted to the printer. When this switch is off, the MSB is under software control. The printer must be set to 7 data bits, no line feed to use the settings in the table. ** If your printer is not listed, then the card should be set to "transparent" mode (turn all switches to off). This will disable the special screen dump features, which are only useful under BASIC anyway. The screen dump commands are: Control-I G (press control-I, followed by the letter G) for a hi-res page 1 dump, Control-I G2 for a page 2 dump, Control-I Ge for a double-hi-res dump, Control-I S for a 40 column text screen dump and Control-I 8S for an 80 column screen dump. ----- The Palmtree BBS 310-453-8726 v.32 Inet: rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com