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Thank you everyone for the suggestion and information, removing the RIFA smoothing capacitor did the trick! I'm happily printing from the XLEnt Word processor Side question - I didn't get a chance to use the printer before it gave up the magic smoke. Is it just me, or is it literally impossible to load a single sheet of paper without removing the ribbon? The paper feed seems to be designed in such a way that the paper doesn't curl around the platen tight enough to make it behind the ribbon guide. No matter where you place the head or angle the paper, it always knocks the ribbon off. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks again for helping me get my 1025 back to life.

Thanks for the advice. I cut the filter out and the printer turns on fine. Seeing as there isn't a self test, I'll plug it into the 800xl tonight and try some printing *fingers crossed*

Attached are some pictures of the part that smoked.

I took the printer to work for my friend to look at. I'll take some pictures on Monday. Side question, could I have caused this by having the power switch on the front on at the same time as the rear switch? I'm not sure why there are two different switches, just assumed the front was for convenience.

Looking for some advice on where I might get an Atari 1025 printer repaired? The printer is in excellent condition cosmetically and it even worked for a few minutes before smoke started pouring out. I opened it up and some piece of circuitry I couldn't identify right by the rear power switch is the culprit. I had a friend who dabbles in electronics more than me look at it, and his best guess was the item in questions is an oscillating capacitor, I've never heard of such a thing. Anyway, I'd really like to get this fixed even if the shipping costs an arm and leg. Any suggestions?

Thank you for the information and links. Does anyone know if the Cloud9 Tech is gone for good?

I wished I lived closer because I'd love to go to a user group meeting. Up here in Marquette MI we have nothing of the sort.

I picked up a Coco 3 recently and would like to dig into OS/9. Searching around with Google and such reveals there have been several mass storage devices created for the Coco 3, but none appear to be available for purchase anymore. Could someone point me to a seller or website that is currently selling? Is there anyone here interested in selling an OS/9 compatible storage device?

Thank you for the tip, I will do that.

Where might one buy a NanoPEB?