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Okidada 120 Printer: Will it work with MS-DOS? (Users)

posted by glennmcc  , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 19.04.2017, 22:57
(edited by Rugxulo on 20.04.2017, 23:37)

> After a long hiatus I'm starting to play around with my old MS-DOS
> computers again and having a lot of fun with them. So I'm hunting around
> for a printer to hook up to my DOS system. On eBay I found an affordable
> dot matrix printer, but the name of it -- Okidata 120 For Commodore
> Computers -- makes me wonder if it would even work with MS-DOS.
>
> Also, it uses a serial cable to connect to the computers. I can't recall
> ever having a had printer that used a serial cable, not even in my CP/M
> days:
>
> So, does anyone here know if I would be able to get this printer to work
> well with MS-DOS?


Sorry... no idea one way or the other.

I can think of 2 ways for you find out tho.

1) Try printing to it in DOS.

2) RTFM

Complete thread:

• Okidada 120 Printer: Will it work with MS-DOS? - CluelessInSeattl, 18.04.2017, 20:00
  • Okidada 120 Printer: Will it work with MS-DOS? - glennmcc, 19.04.2017, 22:57
    • Okidada 120 Printer: Will it work with MS-DOS? - CluelessInSeattl, 20.04.2017, 02:34
  • Okidada 120 Printer: Will it work with MS-DOS? - dave_mason, 23.10.2017, 01:50