Vercus
Experienced Member
Hello,
I messed around with the DECPrinter again today, attempting to figure out why it won't print. It passes the self-test, but won't respond to incoming signals, despite matching baud rate.
I'm thinking it must be something in the serial interface card- possibly a bad 1488 or 1489? However, I totally don't have the soldering skill to take one of those out. I've always been very sloppy with a soldering iron. About all I can do is swap out capacitors on old tube radios, and even that's a challenge sometimes.
Does anyone happen to have one of these boards that would be interested in swapping? Or perhaps someone has a suggestion on how to work on it?
I'm afraid to take to it myself for fear or ruining a trace, as the pins and traces on the underside are pretty small.
-Jon
I messed around with the DECPrinter again today, attempting to figure out why it won't print. It passes the self-test, but won't respond to incoming signals, despite matching baud rate.
I'm thinking it must be something in the serial interface card- possibly a bad 1488 or 1489? However, I totally don't have the soldering skill to take one of those out. I've always been very sloppy with a soldering iron. About all I can do is swap out capacitors on old tube radios, and even that's a challenge sometimes.
Does anyone happen to have one of these boards that would be interested in swapping? Or perhaps someone has a suggestion on how to work on it?
I'm afraid to take to it myself for fear or ruining a trace, as the pins and traces on the underside are pretty small.
-Jon