Hey Birt! | Okidata Okimate 20 Printer - Refurb, testing, programming @HeyBirt | Uploaded September 2020 | Updated October 2024, 11 minutes ago.
In this video we do a refurb in an Okidata Okimate 20 color printer for the Commodore 64. The Okimate printers were a unique type of thermal printer that could print on thermal paper or could make use of a special wax like ribbon for printing in black or color on regular paper. While it is not a speedy printer it did produce a good quality color output at a good price point for the time.
We clean the Okimate up, fix the ribbon out sensor which was broken in shipment and track down the source of the ribbon not advancing properly. We even cover a bit of BASIC programming to print text in multiple colors and explore the color printing demo/utility disk which came with the printer.
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In this video we do a refurb in an Okidata Okimate 20 color printer for the Commodore 64. The Okimate printers were a unique type of thermal printer that could print on thermal paper or could make use of a special wax like ribbon for printing in black or color on regular paper. While it is not a speedy printer it did produce a good quality color output at a good price point for the time.
We clean the Okimate up, fix the ribbon out sensor which was broken in shipment and track down the source of the ribbon not advancing properly. We even cover a bit of BASIC programming to print text in multiple colors and explore the color printing demo/utility disk which came with the printer.
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Okimate 20 Color Print Demo Disk: archive.org/details/okimate-20-demo-color-screen-print
Okimate 20 Color Print Demo Disk: :commodore.bombjack.org/commodore/disks/Okimate_20_Demo__Color_Screen_Print.d64
Okimate 20 Color Print Demo Disk lable: commodore.bombjack.org/commodore/disks/Okimate_20_Demo__Color_Screen_Print.png
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![CE-158X Intro – A modern serial / parallel interface for Sharp PC-1500[A], PC-1600, TRS-80 PC-2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/69ototP0ZlU/hqdefault.jpg "CE-158X Intro – A modern serial / parallel interface for Sharp PC-1500[A], PC-1600, TRS-80 PC-2
In this video we take a look at the CE-158X, a modern serial / parallel interface for the Sharp PC-1500[A], PC-1600 computers. The original Sharp CE-158 interfaces are rare, expensive and limited to 2400bps. We created the CE-158X as a modern higher speed replacement. With a solid transfer speed of 19200bps and an experimental 38400bps it takes far less time to transfer programs. We also incorporated a second serial port with a USB interface and the parallel port is now bidirectional.
Join us and find out more about the CE-158X.
Timeline:
00:00 – Introduction
00:35 – Overview, battery installation, How to Connect
05:56 – How to use, loading files, using parallel port
16:57 – Using USB serial port, How to disconnect
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