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Ribbons were tiny in comparison to other makes and ran out very quickly - they were, however, very easy to re-ink a few times.
Ribbons were tiny in comparison to other makes and ran out very quickly - they were, however, very easy to re-ink a few times.
== Technical ==
This printer is a rebadged SEIKOSHA GP-500M-2.
It has a 2732 EPROM labelled 8DE-1 a 6116 RAM and a NEC 8039H CPU.
P1 = 74LS04
P2 = 74LS374
P3 = 74LS32
P4 = 74LS373
P5 = 6116 RAM
P6 = 2003
P7 = 8039H CPU
P8 = 2732 ROM (8DE-1)
P9 = 7404
P10 = 74LS74
P11 = 8243
P12 = 2732 (NOT FITTED)
SW1 dipswitch (accessible on outside)
two fuses


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Revision as of 21:10, 26 March 2010

Amstrads first printer. DMP Stands for Dot Matrix Printer.

A very basic unit which had no descenders on letters such as y,j,q, or p, leaving for a very strange looking printout. This could be corrected (when using TasWord), but using the TasPrint program, but the effect was often not totally satisfactory.

It took only tractor feed paper and had no option or ability to accept single feed sheet.

Ribbons were tiny in comparison to other makes and ran out very quickly - they were, however, very easy to re-ink a few times.

Technical

This printer is a rebadged SEIKOSHA GP-500M-2.

It has a 2732 EPROM labelled 8DE-1 a 6116 RAM and a NEC 8039H CPU.

P1 = 74LS04 P2 = 74LS374 P3 = 74LS32 P4 = 74LS373 P5 = 6116 RAM P6 = 2003 P7 = 8039H CPU P8 = 2732 ROM (8DE-1) P9 = 7404 P10 = 74LS74 P11 = 8243 P12 = 2732 (NOT FITTED)

SW1 dipswitch (accessible on outside)

two fuses


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