On Monday, December 4th, 1995 - Gil Parrish wrote:
 
GP> four DIP switches in a block on the circuit board; what do these do?
 
I don't recall having ever seen any DIP switches in my Atari 825.
 
GP> the circuit board) goes on, but the printer is unresponsive to 
GP> commands.  It is also unresponsive to flipping the switch to advance 
GP> or reverse the paper, which I *assume* would work whether the printer 
GP> is hooked to anything or not.  Yes, I am aware of the online/local 
GP> distinction; that switch doesn't seem to change anything, no matter 
GP> where it is set.  Any ideas? 
 
Whatever is wrong with yours, the same thing is wrong with mine.  I was
almost glad when my 825 finally stopped working.  I had to repair it
once a month (replacing the pico fuse array on the print-head driver
buffer board).
 
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