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o Configuration of the device by built-in keys and LC-Display or
configuration program on the Atari
o Built-in Real Time Clock (RTC)
o Power supply for the device and USB FLASH Drive from SIO-Bus
o Updated SIO2USB Firmware can be applied from within the Atari (no
additional device or computer required)
o Updates available via Internet (USB FLASH Drive) or direct from the Atari
(real Disk Drive)
Information: http://preview.tinyurl.com/m6akpr8

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Subject: 4.1) What are the Atari 820, 822, and 825 Printers?

The following printers were produced by Atari and styled to match the 400/800 computers.

Atari 820 Printer
- Sold by Atari in the USA only
- 40-column dot matrix impact printer
- 5x7 dot matrix
- 40 characters per line, upper & lower case alpha
- Horizontal and vertical alphanumeric characters
- 6507 microprocessor (MOS Technology MCS6507 or equivalent), C010745
- 6532 PIA (MOS Technology 6532 RAM-I/O-Timer (RIOT) or equivalent), C010750
- 2KiB ROM
- 40 characters per second
- 400/800 OS: Responds to P: and ignores any device number
XL OS: Responds to P: and P1:
- Connectivity: 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Shipped with SIO cable CA014122 (3-foot)
- Included: bond paper roll, paper mandrel, ribbon
- Power supply is built-in (plugs directly into the wall, 120V AC, 18W)
- (There is no 220V/240V version of the 820.)
- Made in USA by Atari
- Industrial design (case): Roy Nishi and Russell W. Farnell
- Manual: Atari 820 Printer Operator's Manual C014762
- Technical manuals:
- Atari 820 40 Column Printer Service Manual
- FS015893 REV. 1 January, 1980
- Atari 820 40 Column Printer Field Service Manual
- FD100048 July, 1981 (c)1982
- Sold separately:
- Atari 820 Paper Roll C014062
= Standard roll paper/adding machine paper, width = 3 7/8 inches
- Atari 820 Mandrel C014853
- Atari 820 Ribbon C014854
= Addressograph/Multigraph (AM) part no. 116-2395-366
(also used in Eaton LRC 7000)

Atari 822 Thermal Printer
- 37 characters per second
- 10 characters per inch (cpi)
- 40 characters per line, upper/lower case and point graphics
- 5x7 dot matrix
- 400/800 OS: Responds to P: and ignores any device number
XL OS: Responds to P: and P1:
- Connectivity: 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Shipped with SIO cable CA014122 (3-foot)
- Included: One roll of white thermal paper (installed in printer),
one pair of spring-loaded paper bearings (installed in printer)
- Power: Used with an external 9 volt AC transformer power supply rated for at
least 18 watts: Atari CA014748 or equivalent (including the Atari CA017964). - Print mechanism: Trendcom 100
- Made in USA by Trendcom for Atari
- Manual: Atari 822 Thermal Printer Operator's Manual C015954
- Sold separately:
- Atari 822 Thermal Printer Paper (2 rolls, 80 feet each) C016345
= 4 7/16 inch standard white thermal paper
- Atari 822 Paper Roll Bearings (one pair) C016005

Atari 825 80-Column Printer
- Sold by Atari in the USA only
- Dot matrix impact printer
- 3 character sets:
- Monospaced 7x8 dot matrix at 10 cpi (default)
- Monospaced condensed at 16.7 cpi
- Proportionately spaced Nx9 dot matrix at avg of 14 cpi (N=6..18)
- Each character set with 96 standard ASCII characters
- All characters can be elongated (printer double width)
- Characters per line: 80 at 10 cpi; 132 at 16.7 cpi
- Speed: 50 cps at 10 cpi; 83 cps at 16.7 cpi; 79 cps avg. proportional
- Print buffer: 1200 dot columns
- Controls along bottom of front of printer, left to right:
- Online/Local
- Paper Rev<->Fwd
- Power Off On
- Paper: roll (3.5" to 8.5" wide), fanfold (9" pin-to-pin, 9.5" wide overall),
or cut sheets (to 8.5" wide)
- Requires Atari 850 Interface Module or equivalent to connect to the
Atari computer. Connectivity: 40 pin PCB edge. Pinout:
40 2
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
39 1
1. /Data Strobe 2. Twisted Pair Ground (/Data Strobe)
3. Data Bit 1 4. Twisted Pair Ground (Data Bit 1)
5. Data Bit 2 6. Twisted Pair Ground (Data Bit 2)
7. Data Bit 3 8. Twisted Pair Ground (Data Bit 3)
9. Data Bit 4 10. Twisted Pair Ground (Data Bit 4)
11. Data Bit 5 12. Twisted Pair Ground (Data Bit 5)
13. Data Bit 6 14. Twisted Pair Ground (Data Bit 6)
15. Data Bit 7 16. Twisted Pair Ground (Data Bit 7)
17. Data Bit 8 18. Twisted Pair Ground (Data Bit 8)
19. /Acknowledge 20. Twisted Pair Ground (/Acknowledge)
21. Busy 22. Twisted Pair Ground (Busy)
23. Always Logic 0 (Ground) 24. Twisted Pair Ground (Demand)
25. On-Line 26. Not Used
27. Signal Ground 28. Always Logic 1
29. Not Used 30. Ground
31. Signal Ground 32. +-+ Pin 32 jumpered to Pin 34 for
33. Chassis Ground 34. +-+ sensing printer connected
35. +5V Signal (Power Supply On) 36. Demand
37. +17V 38. Not Used
39. +17V 40. Not Used
- Shipped with an Atari CX86 Printer Cable (825 to 850 parallel)
- 400/800 OS: Responds to P: and ignores any device number
XL OS: Responds to P:, P1:, and P2:
- Power supply is built-in (plugs directly into the wall, 120V AC, 100W)
- (There is no 220V/240V version of the 825.)
- Made in USA for Atari by Centronics, based on the Centronics Model 737-1
- Manual: Atari 825 80-Column Printer Operator's Manual C015506
- Technical manual: 825 Printer Field Service Manual
- Sold separately:
- Atari 825 Printer Ribbon (3 per box) CA016087
= Zip-Pack mobius loop (Centronics Part No. 63701468-6003)
- Atari 825 Printer Paper (Roll Paper) C016233
- Atari 825 Paper Mandrel C016229
- Atari 825 Paper Roll Support C016230
- Atari 825 Paper Deflector C016231

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Subject: 4.2) What are the Atari 1020, 1025, 1027, and 1029 Printers?

The following printers were produced by Atari and styled to match the XL
series computers.

Atari 1020 Color Printer
- Type: Color printer/plotter
- Text Mode Operations:
- Set Character Width. One of:
- 10 characters per inch (cpi) (40 columns per line, regular/default)
- 5 cpi (20 columns per line)
- 20 cpi (80 columns per line)
- Set Character Scale
- 64 character sizes available
- International Characters
- Graphics Mode Operations: Home, Change Color, Line Type, Draw, Initialize,
Relative Draw, Move, Relative Move, Axis Drawing, Alpha Rotate
- Printing speed: 10 characters per second (10 cpi mode)
- Paper type: Standard roll paper (40-column width)
- 4-color print head
- Prints and plots vertically and horizontally
- 400/800 OS: Responds to P: and ignores any device number
XL OS: Responds to P:, P1:, and P4:
- Connectivity: 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Shipped with SIO cable CA014122 (3-foot)
- Included:
- 2 pens each: red, blue, green, black
- TX9032 Graphics demonstration/Joystick Sketchpad Program Cassette
- Side 1: Joystick Sketchpad (requires Atari BASIC): program to plot
directly onto printer using a joystick
- Side 2: Six sample graphics programs (all require Atari BASIC):
Program Counter Number
SAMPLE 002
GRAPH 047
RANDOM 017
COLOR 061
TRANGLE 032
TRIANG2 070
- Manuals:
- The Atari 1020 Color Printer Owner's Guide C061368
- Joystick Sketchpad Instruction Guide C061578
- Self test: On power-up the 1020 automatically prints a test pattern
consisting of four squares, one for each of the four pens.
- Technical manual: Atari 1020 Color Printer Field Service Manual FD100288
- Power: Used with an external 9 volt AC transformer power supply rated for at
least 15 watts; Atari CA014748 or equivalent (including the Atari CA017964). - Print mechanism: ALPS
- also found in: Commodore 1520, Tandy Radio Shack CGP-115, Sharp CE-150,
Mattel Aquarius 4615, Texas Instruments HX-1000
- Made in Japan
- Sold separately:
- Atari 1020 Standard Replacement Pens C061420-01 / BX4204
(4 pens; 1 each of: red, green, blue, black)
- Atari 1020 Black Replacement Pens C061420-03 / BX4206 (4 pens)
- Atari 1020 Replacement Roll Paper C061533 / BX4207 (2 rolls)

Atari 1025 80-Column Printer
- Type: 5 x 7 dot matrix impact
- Formats
- Regular: 10 cpi (80 columns)
- Extended: 5 cpi (40 columns)
- Condensed: 16.7 cpi (132 columns)
- Printing Speed: 40 characters per second (10 cpi format)
- Paper type: computer fanfold, roll, or single-sheet
- Online switch
- Buffer: 132 characters at 16.7 cpi, 80 characters at 10 cpi
- European Character Set supported
- 400/800 OS: Responds to P: and ignores any device number
XL OS: Responds to P:, P1:, and P3:
- Connectivity: 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Shipped with SIO cable CA014122 (3-foot)
- Intel 8051 microcontroller, FC100387
- 8155 RAM I/O: Intel 8155 2048 bit static MOS RAM with I/O ports and timer,
FC100389
- Manual: The Atari 1025 Printer Owner's Guide C060505
- Technical manual: Atari 1025 Printer Field Service Manual FD100290
- Self test mode: Enabled by moving an internal shorting jumper plug
- Power, 120V version: Plugs directly into wall (120V AC, 100W)
- Power, 220V version: Used with an external AC power adapter with two
outputs, one rated for 29VAC/600mA and the other rated for 8.6VAC/1A.
Atari#14750, one such supply, is detailed elsewhere in this FAQ list.
- Print mechanism: Okidata ML80 / Microline 80
- Made in Japan
- Sold separately: Atari 1025 80-Column Printer Ribbon C061419 / BX4202

Atari 1027 Letter Quality Printer
- Type: Letter quality type wheel impact
- Format: Prestige Elite 12 pitch = 12 cpi (80 columns)
- Printing speed: 20 characters per second (cps) (best) / 10 cps (average)
- Paper type: Single-sheet (no roll paper, no label stock)
- Bi-directional printing
- Underlining capability
- International characters
- 400/800 OS: Responds to P: and ignores any device number
XL OS: Responds to P:, P1:, and P5:
- Connectivity: 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Shipped with SIO cable CA014122 (3-foot)
- Intel 8049 microcontroller, FC100619
- Manual: The Atari 1027 Letter Quality Printer Owner's Guide C061387
- Technical manual:
- Atari 1027 Printer Field Service Manual FD100670 REV. 01 October 1983
- Power, 120V version: Used with an external 9.5V AC power supply rated for
4.2A or 40VA, such as Atari#C061636 or equivalent
- Power, 220V version: Used with an external 9V AC power supply rated for
4.2A, such as Atari#C061605-11 or equivalent
- Print mechanism: Mannesmann Tally Riteman LQ
- Remarkably, there are possibly NO working 1027 printers today because it
seems all 1027 print heads have deteriorated due to age.
- Made in Japan
- Sold separately: Atari 1027 Replacement Ink Roller CA061649 / BX4212
- Also included in KX7110 AtariWriter System All-In-One-Pak,
600XL + 1027 + AtariWriter + paper stock + One Way to Write Anything book.
http://www.rhod.fr/ataripics/hardwarewriterpackkompleet.jpg

Atari 1029 Programmable Printer
- Printing method: 5 X 7 dot matrix impact
- Formats: Regular width (10 cpi, 80 columns across)
Elongated (5 cpi, 40 columns across)
- Line spacing: 6 lines per inch (regular width and elongated formats)
9 lines per inch (graphics mode)
- Printing speed: 50 characters per second (regular width format)
- Character set: 132 characters (international and non-international)
- Feed mechanism: Friction feed and pin (tractor) feed
Friction feed using platen knob
- Manual Feed: Forward and reverse using platen knob
- Paper type: Computer fanfold (4.5 to 9.5 inches wide)
Single-sheet (8.5 inches wide)
- 400/800 OS: Responds to P: and ignores any device number
XL OS: Responds to P:, P1:, and P6:
- Connectivity: 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Shipped with SIO cable CA014122 (3-foot)
- Manual: Atari 1029 Programmable Printer C025907
- Self test: Activated or de-activated using the Self-Test switch on the back
of the printer.
- Power
- 220V-240V 50Hz-60Hz 0.15A version: Plugs directly into wall
- 120V version: plugs directly into wall
(released in Canada but not the USA)
- Print mechanism: Seikosha GP-500 ; clone of Seikosha GP-500AT
- Made in Japan for Atari, Corp. in 1984, following conception by Atari, Inc.
- Info sources: http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Amstrad_DMP1_printer
http://www.strotmann.de/~cas/Infothek/AtariTenZwentynine/Atari1029Manual.pdf - Industrial design (case): Tom Palecki
- Sold separately:
- Atari 1029 Dot Matrix Printer Inked Ribbon For 10 Inch Model C070028

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Subject: 4.3) What are the Atari XMM801 and XDM121 Printers?

The following printers were produced by Atari and styled to match the XE
series computers.

Atari XMM801 Dot Matrix Graphics Printer
- Dot matrix impact printer
- 80 columns
- Pica 10 characters per inch (cpi), double width pica 5 cpi, elite 12 cpi,
double width elite 6 cpi, condensed 16.5 cpi, double width condensed 8.25
cpi
- 96 ASCII character set and 36 International Characters.
- 400/800 OS: Responds to P: and ignores any device number
XL OS: Responds to P:, P1:, and P7:
- Connectivity: 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Shipped with SIO cable CA014122 (3-foot)
- NEC uPD7811 single-chip microcomputer
- Included:
- Wire paper feed Rack
- Multi Strike black Ribbon Cassette
- Manual: Atari XMM801 Dot-Matrix Graphics Printer Owner's Manual C025959
- Technical manual: Atari XMM801 Field Service Manual C070435 (1985)
- Self test: Activated by turing on the printer while also holding down the
Line Feed button on the control panel. Deactivated by turning the printer
off.
- Power supply is built-in (plugs directly into the wall, 120V AC)
- Friction feed or pin feed
- Ribbon: Mannesmann Tally MT-80/MT-80 Plus/MT-81/SP-80/Spirit 80,
Commodore 1526/MPS802/4023, Shinwa CP80
- Made in Japan

Atari XDM121 Letter-Quality Daisy-Wheel Printer
- Daisy wheel impact printer
- 80 columns
- Underlining, subscripts, superscripts
- Courier 10 Print Wheel (10 pitch = 10 cpi)
- International Character Set
- 400/800 OS: Responds to P: and ignores any device number
XL OS: Responds to P:, P1:, and P8:
- Connectivity: 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Shipped with SIO cable CA014122 (3-foot)
- Included: Multi Strike Black Ribbon Cassette
- Manual: Atari XDM121 Letter-Quality Daisy-Wheel Printer Owner's Manual
C026323
- Self test: Activated by turing on the printer while also holding down the
Line Feed button on the control panel. Deactivated by turning the printer
off.
- Power supply is built-in (plugs directly into the wall, 120V AC)
- Friction feed paper
- Ribbon: Silver Reed CF130, Olivetti ET201, ET221, Nu-Kote NK136
- Made in Japan

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Subject: 4.4) What were the Atari XTM201 and XTC201 Printers?

Introduced in January 1985, the Atari XTM201 printer was a monochrome thermal printer that would accept single sheets of thermal paper or plain paper (Xerox 4024 or equivalent). It would have both ribbon-end and paper-out sensors, and the normal-density graphics mode would be Epson-compatible. Speed: 20 characters per second. The XTM201 never shipped, and no more than a handful
of prototype units may exist.

Introduced in January 1985, the Atari XTC201 printer was a color thermal printer, with support for monochrome (black) printing as well, that would accept single sheets of thermal paper or plain paper (Xerox 4024 or equivalent). It would have both ribbon-end and paper-out sensors, and the normal-density graphics mode would be Epson-compatible. Speed: 20 characters per second. The XTC201 never shipped, and no more than a handful of prototype units may exist.

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Subject: 4.5) What other printers were designed for my Atari?

This section should list all third-party printers that were designed with an Atari-specific interface.

These printers attach to the Atari via SIO, and are compatible with the P: device handler of the Atari OS.

Alphacom 42
+ Alphacom 42 Intelligent Interface Cable for Atari
- Must be at end of SIO chain
- Thermal printer
- Friction feed
- 40 columns / 4 1/2" max paper width
- 80 cps / 2 lines per second
- 10 characters per inch (cpi)
- One line buffer
- Graphics and full ATASCII character set support

Alphacom 81 80-Column Printer (1983)
+ Alphacom 81 Intelligent Interface Cable for Atari
- Must be at end of SIO chain
- Thermal printer
- Friction feed
- 80 columns / 8.75" max paper width
- 100 characters per second
- 10 cpi
- One line buffer
- Graphics and full ATASCII character set support

Comrex ComRiter CR-220AT Dot Matrix Printer (1985) (Comrex = Epson)
- Seikosha GP-500AT (and Atari 1029) clone
- Connectivity: 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Dot matrix impact printer
- 80 columns, 50 cps
- 5x7 character set
- 5 or 10 cpi
- 6 or 9 lines per inch
- Standard and international character sets
- Graphics: 60 dots per inch (480 lines)

Epson HomeWriter-10 / GX-80
+ Printer Interface Cartridge (PIC or P.I.C.) for the Atari (Epson#8692 ?)
- PIC emulates the Atari 1025 (no graphics)
- Dot matrix impact printer
- Draft quality printing at 100 cps and near letter quality at 16 cps

Epson Spectrum LX-90
+ Printer Interface Cartridge (PIC or P.I.C.) for the Atari (Epson#8692 ?)
- PIC emulates the Atari 1025 (no graphics)
(Printer's native graphics capabilities unavailable via Atari PIC)
- Dot matrix impact printer
- Draft quality printing at 100 cps and near letter quality at 16 cps

General Electric TXP-1000 / Letter Quality Printer (GE 3-8100) (GE 8100)
+ GE Model 3-8150A Interface for operating GE 3-8100 Printer with Atari and
Commodore computers
- Thermal printer (not dot matrix as reported in Antic June 1985)
- 50 cps "draft" mode, 25 cps "normal"/"letter quality" mode
- http://www.classiccomputer.de/com/getxp1000.jpg

Okidata Okimate 10 Personal Color Printer
+ Plug 'n Print Interface for Atari
- 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Thermal printer
- Single-sheet or tractor-feed paper
- 26 colors
- 240 words per minute

Seikosha GP-100AT Economical Printer (AT-100) (1983)
- Marketed in the U.S. by Axiom
- First Atari-specific 3rd-party printer
- Built-in Atari interface, cable and connector; 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
- Dot matrix impact printer, 80 columns, 5x7 character set
- 50 cps (most units) or 30 cps (early units)
- Screen dump programs included
- Sold separately: GraphAX HiRes Dump (prints .MIC Micro-Painter files)

Seikosha GP-500AT
- 2 Atari SIO ports for direct connection to Atari computers
- Dot matrix impact printer
- 80 columns, 50 cps
- 5x7 character set
- 5 or 10 cpi
- 6 or 9 lines per inch
- Standard and international character sets
- Graphics: 60 dots per inch (480 lines)
- Sold widely in Poland
- Also sold as the Comrex CR-220AT and as the Atari 1029

Seikosha GP-550AT Dual Mode Printer (AT-550)
- Marketed in the U.S. by Axiom
- Built-in Atari interface, cable and connector; 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
- Dot matrix impact printer
- Near letter quality and draft modes
- 86 cps (draft mode); 43 cps (nlq mode)
- Screen dump programs included
- Sold separately: GraphAX HiRes Dump (prints .MIC Micro-Painter files)

Seikosha GP-700AT Full Color Printer (AT-700)
- Marketed in the U.S. by Axiom
- Built-in Atari interface, cable and connector; 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
- Dot matrix impact printer
- Pin feed
- 4 hammer print heads, 4-color ribbon cartridge
- 25 colors
- 30 cps or 50 cps (different versions produced???)
- 5 cpi - 10 cpi
- One line buffer
- 80 columns / 9.5" max paper width
- Screen dump programs included
- Sold separately: GraphAX HiRes Dump (prints .MIC Micro-Painter files)

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Subject: 4.6) How can I use a Centronics or IBM parallel interface printer?

What is now known as IEEE 1284 originated as the "Parallel Interface Specification for Centronics Printers," a unidirectional 8 bit host-to-printer connection. This interface was introduced by Centronics Data Computer Corporation for a series of small serial-impact printers that began with
1970's Centronics Model 101. Centronics defined the interface timing and signals as well as the interface connector (at the printer), but not the host connector (at the computer). The Centronics parallel interface eventually became the primary interface used between most small computers and associated printers.

Even as Centronics themselves began utilizing alternative interface connectors on some of their own printers, the market success of 1980's Epson MX-80 helped the industry settle on Centronics' original choice of the 36-contact Amphenol 57-40360 (Micro-Ribbon brand) miniature-ribbon receptacle (female) as the standard interface connector found on parallel interface printers. The corresponding cable connector is the 36-contact Amphenol 57-30360 (Micro- Ribbon brand) miniature-ribbon plug (male). 36 contact miniature-ribbon connectors became known popularly as "Centronics" connectors; these are now known as the IEEE 1284-B Receptacle and Plug connectors.

IBM introduced the IBM PC in August 1981, with a Centronics-like Parallel Interface (with DB-25S connector), along with a series of Centronics-like parallel interface printers (with "Centronics" connector) starting with the
IBM PC Graphics Printer (model 5152, a slightly-modified Epson MX-80). The Parallel Interface as implemented by IBM was compatible with a functional subset of the existing Centronics standard, but more complete implementations of the IBM and Centronics interfaces were not signal-compatible, and a new category of the "IBM" compatible printer was established. Market success of the IBM PC meant wide adoption of the IBM parallel interface standard. This included the DB-25S host connector, which is now also known as the IEEE 1284-A Receptacle.

Industry implementations of the Centronics/IBM parallel interface continued to vary until the 1994 publication and subsequent wide adoption of IEEE 1284, "IEEE Standard Signaling Method for a Bidirectional Parallel Peripheral Interface for Personal Computers." The current version is IEEE 1284-2000.

The 8-bit Atari computer does not include a Centronics parallel output interface, but one may be added to the system. Atari provided the 850 Interface, and later the XEP80 Interface, for this purpose. Many 3rd-party interfaces and other devices provide compatible interfaces.

The following should be a complete list of devices for the Atari providing the system with a Centronics parallel printer host interface. Interfaces connect to the Atari via SIO unless otherwise specified, and are compatible with the Atari 850 Printer port unless otherwise specified. The interface connector type is given if known.

72000 Centronics Printer Interface, by Stack Computer Services
- SIO cable to 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
1050 Turbo (for Atari 1050), by Bernhard Engl for Gerald Engl Computertechnik
- Optional Centronics parallel printer interface cable (connector type????) Amdek AMDC-II disk drive - DA-15S
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
Ape-Face 48P, by Digital Devices - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- For the 400/800 (how is this????)
Ape-Face XLP, by Digital Devices - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- For 400/800/XL/XE except 1200XL (draws power from SIO)
Ape-Face 12XLP, by Digital Devices - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- Especially for 1200XL (uses external power supply)
Ape-Face XLP-S, by Digital Devices - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- For 400/800/XL/XE except 1200XL (draws power from SIO)
- SIO port for daisy chain
Astra The "One" disk drive - DA-15S
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
Astra 1001 disk drive - DA-15S
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
Atari 850 Interface Module - DA-15S
- Detailed elsewhere in this FAQ list
Atari XEP80 Interface Module - DB-25S
- Detailed elsewhere in this FAQ list
- Supplied with replacement P: device handler
ATR8000 by SWP
- 16KiB or 64KiB RAM versions
- Printer port: 34 pin PCB edge
- Unit RAM can be used as a printer buffer
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
Black Box, by Computer Software Services (CSS)
- Parallel device, with connectors for both PBI and Cartridge+ECI
- PBI Connector: 50 pin header; ribbon cable to PBI interface included
- Cartridge+ECI connector: standard PCB edge
- Parallel Printer Port: 34 pin PCB edge
- Definable as any of P1: - P8:
- 64KiB Printer spooler using XE memory or optional BB memory
- Text or Graphics printer dump of most screens
- Black Box Enhancer (upgrade for older units; included with newer units):
- Enhanced screen dump function
Blackthorn Printer Interface - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- SIO port for daisy chain
CARD?/AT, by Cardco - SIO cable to 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
Centronics Interface II, by Klaus Peters - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- Based on the Compy-Shop Centronics-Druckerinterface (?)
Compy-Shop Centronics-Druckerinterface - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
FCC Interface, by FCC Systems - SIO cable to 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug Flop VD 40 F disk drive - DB-25S
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
Graphix AT, by Xetec
- SIO cable to interface with 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- Graphix mode (prints text and Atari ATASCII graphics) or transparent mode
(prints text and passes control codes on to printer)
- Fully supported: Epson, Gemini, Okidata, Prowriter 8510/8023,
Banana GX-100, Blue Chip Legend, Epson 132 column,
daisy wheel (no graphics)
ICEPIC, by ICECo - joystick cable to 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- Supplied with P: device handler, SIO simulator, and REBOOT program for
software compatibility
Interfast-I, by Advanced Interface Devices (AID) - DA-15S
- Programmable, can translate ATASCII or any character set into graphics
KPI (K-Products Interface)
- Parallel device, connects to PBI
- Printer port: 40 pin PCB edge
- Supplied with printer port software utilities
Macrotronics Parallel Printer Interface (see Analog#2p29)
- Connects to controller jacks 3&4. Six versions:
- Trendcom 100 / 200 A4P-1 for 400, or A8P-1 for 800
- Centronics 730 / 737 A4P-2 for 400, or A8P-2 for 800
- Centronics 36 Pin A4P-3 for 400, or A8P-3 for 800
- Does not use standard Atari OS P: device handler
Mega Speedy (for the Atari 1050), by Guus Assmann & Matthias Reichl, 2014
- Optional Centronics interface, connector type same as 1050 Turbo
Micro MainFrame MF-1681 disk drive
- Printer port with 4KiB print buffer
- Print buffer optionally expandable to 38KiB
MicroPrint, by Microbits Peripheral Products
- SIO cable to 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- Later units produced by Supra
MPP-1100, by Microbits Peripheral Products - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- Connects to joystick port #3, NTSC 400/800 only, supplied with required
replacement OS ROM chip for Atari OS Rev.A/NTSC chip C012499
- Acknowledged software incompatibilities:
- Monkey Wrench II from Eastern House Software
- Zaxxon from DataSoft (early release versions)
- Sold separately:
- MPP-1102 Adapter Cable (40-pin edge for Atari 825 or Centronics 737)
- MPP-1104 Rev.B Upgrade ROM set (for 400/800 with Atari OS Rev.A/NTSC) MPP-1150, by Microbits Peripheral Products - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- SIO port for daisy chain
- Not for 1200XL (draws power from SIO)
- Later units produced by Supra
MPP-1151, by Microbits Peripheral Products - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- SIO port for daisy chain
- Especially for 1200XL (uses external power supply)
- Later units produced by Supra
Multi I/O board (MIO) by ICD
- Parallel device, connects to PBI
- ICD adapter for Cartridge+ECI provides two pass-through cartridge ports
- 256KiB or 1MiB RAM versions
- Printer port: DA-15S
- Accessed as P1: or P2: with or without auto line feed
- Use any amount of unit RAM as a printer spooler
- Pause/Resume, Repeat Copies, Clear
Multi I/O board (MIO) "new series" by Ken Jones / MEtalGuy66
- Parallel device, connects to PBI
- 1MiB RAM
- Printer port: DB-25S
- Accessed as P1: or P2: with or without auto line feed
- Use any amount of unit RAM as a printer spooler
- Pause/Resume, Repeat Copies, Clear
- Available: http://www.rasterline.com/
ParallAx-AT (AT-486), by Axiom - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
Percom AT88-S1PD
- 34 pin header (2x17)
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
Percom AT88-SPD
- 34 pin header (2x17)
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
Portprint, by Computer Support
- Connects to joystick ports of any XL/XE computer
- Replacement P: handler required
P:R: Connection, by ICD - DA-15S
- SIO port for daisy chain
Printer Connection, by ICD - SIO cable to 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug Printerface, by W.E. Electronics
- Connects to 1 joystick port on the Atari
- Shipped with P: driver on cassette
Rambit PPP - Parallel Printer Port - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- Connects to the Atari via PBI (600XL/800XL)
Spider disk drive - DA-15S and DB-25S dual printer ports
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
Supra Hard Disk Interface, by Supra
- Parallel device, connects to PBI
- Sold separately: Supra XE-XL Buss adapter for Cartridge+ECI
- Adapter includes pass-through cartridge port
- Printer port: 40 pin PCB edge
- Supplied with printer port software utilities
TOMS 720C disk drive - DB-25S
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
TOMS 720CR disk drive - DB-25S
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
Trak AT-1 disk drive
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
- Upgrade: 34 pin PCB edge printer port with 4KiB buffer
- Upgradable to 16KiB
Trak AT-D1 disk drive - 34 pin PCB edge, 4KiB print buffer
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
- Upgrade: 16KiB print buffer
Trak AT-D2 disk drive - 34 pin PCB edge, 4KiB print buffer
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
- Upgrade: 16KiB print buffer
Trak AT-D4 disk drive - 34 pin PCB edge, 4KiB print buffer
- 2nd SIO port for daisy chain
- Upgrade: 16KiB print buffer
TurboPrint/A, by Telesys - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- Page formatting independent of software
TurboPrint/GTA, by Telesys - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- Page formatting independent of software
- Prints Atari graphics characters
- Options: B16 16KiB TurboBuffer or B32 32KiB TurboBuffer
U-Print Model A, by Digial Devices - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- SIO port for daisy chain
- Upgrade: 16KiB buffer
U-Print Model A16, by Digial Devices - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- SIO port for daisy chain
- 16KiB buffer, Copy button, Reset (cancel) button
- Upgrade: to 32KiB
U-Print Model A64, by Digial Devices - 36 contact miniature-ribbon plug
- SIO port for daisy chain
- 64KiB buffer, Copy button, Reset (cancel) button

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