Opry99er Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 While you're in DM2, it gives you an option to display catalog onscreen or to a printer (PIO)... If you're in XB and you want to print a listing, just type LIST "PIO" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Working on loading paper I physically have them hooked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 That's awesomwe... Can you post a pic of how your printer is hooked up to the TI (on the PEB)? Is it hooked straight in to the rs232 port, or is it plugged into the smaller PIO port situated directly underneath the db25 connector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Check out the pic on this page... the blue connector below the db25 pin rs232 port is the actual PIO port http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/hardware/peb/rs232_card.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Ok Wi Fi is still down here but I could I phone to your email but I use to do List "pio" And it wold work, going to try, ribon feels dry, if I had a little WD 40 I could redisolve the Ink but dont have that. Not working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Had to Fctn 4 to get slot 7 light to turn off. I/o error 36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) Ok got it printing. Paper finger out sensor at back roller was not registering, keeping printer off line. WOW can read ink still after 19 years. Edited March 17, 2011 by APB 99/4A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 My printer hooked up just like you said in the blue jack, my old modem is hooker in the other jack, have not tried modem yet but no land line here anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 "PIO"= Print to in out port? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Quick test with DM2 states disk not initialized. Looking to format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Option 4 initialized track 40? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Can you believe tapes still work!? Ya got one formated disk going to do tape back ups got 7 Disk at 358 free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) Catalog disk functioning. Found two more disks. External floppy two check. Powers up, grabbing a sizzers. This should be a DS DD drive I'm cutting a hole on other side and by center ring. Forgot how many tracks per side? Edited March 17, 2011 by APB 99/4A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) Looks like external drive may have died, make a of nose when seeking head. Got out of DM2 and put extB cart with Advanced Diagnostics in Dsk 1 trying to test out why I can't format to disk 2. Rpm speed 290.5 to 300.2, That seems a good normal. Testing with same floppy the other drive preformated. Already tride the other to disks in DM2. Testing further.....No luck. This is a Texas Instrument 5 1/4 drive model No. PHP1850C. It seems the read/write arm is having trouble seeking and making a vibration noise that seems loud. By the above number is there a reference to see what style or format that drive is, only because I used that drive to back up my personal library not the SS/SD floppy in the expBox. Edited March 17, 2011 by APB 99/4A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APB 99/4A Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Ok after using Advanced Diagnostics testing the drive, it state that there is no data on disk during test. This is not true for I put a format on with a file name. Besides the other drive goes threw the test fine. Cataloging old disk that had my TI Write doc's just fine in disk one but disk 2 has the disk as not initialized. Any ideas what part of the drive faled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Hatter Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Parallel Input/Output. "PIO"= Print to in out port? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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