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TreasonousBastard

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4. With all the old stuff, it may be a bit more than just getting the connectors to fit...

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 03:43 PM

Sep 2019

The keyboard might work, but I doubt you'll get anything on the monitor.

I loved my dot matrix printers, and the better ones could actually fake a typewriter if you didn't look too closely. Howsumever, the first problem is converting USB to Centronics. Believe it or not, I actually saw some USB2 to parallel adapters that claim to work and are only around 10 bucks. Cheap enough to experiment.

If you're running Win10-- there may be a printer driver built in, or at least a generic dot matrix driver.

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Questions for vintage computer geeks, and a question for more current geeks. [View all] matt819 Sep 2019 OP

Bad news on the keyboard: Girard442 Sep 2019 #1

So. . . matt819 Sep 2019 #2

Sorry Matt, these are junk RainCaster Sep 2019 #3

I have a lot of old stuff too. to get rid of it, I do a Craigslist curb alert and mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2019 #5

With all the old stuff, it may be a bit more than just getting the connectors to fit... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #4

The Applewriter was so ubiquitous, I suspect that there will be a driver for that. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2019 #6

Try pinouts.ru if you're making your own adapters. eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 #7

I have maybe five IBM XT keyboards in a box buried under other crap in my garage. hunter Sep 2019 #8