My Oric does not like my Oric Printer :(

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My Oric does not like my Oric Printer :(

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That's strange, when I connect the official Oric Printer (Atmos colored) the keyboard start to work erratically, or I should say some key of the keyboard does not behave the way they should. For exemple right shift will display a *, but lots of other will still work correctly..

I know that the printer port and the keyboard sadly shares some line on the PSG and the VIA (what a pity) but this should not happen or maybe my printer have something bad.

Does someone know about such a bug? Or do I have to check my hardware?

By the way does someone find a way to buy compatible ballpen for thoses printers?
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Re: My Oric does not like my Oric Printer :(

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Hello
Did you try to connect the centronics wire without the printer?
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I will check
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Try sharpmz.org you can perhaps find some pencils for the printer
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I'm still unable to use both Atmos and the printer, but I've found this!

http://ocshop.hkebshop.com/index.php?ro ... duct_id=52
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I wish I still had my MCP 40, it was very a nice little printer: Could probably even transform it as a base for 3d printing :D
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Dbug wrote:I wish I still had my MCP 40
I've mine ... a grey one with some pens :P
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