Tasman Software

Updated version of MSCRIPT; now returns to BASIC for file save/load. Feature added by Zebra. Greeting Card Designer from Zebra. ZPRINT-80, also from Zebra, supports Aerco, both Tasman, and A&J interfaces with LPRINT, LLIST, COPY.

Make Mscript work with Tasman interface; 2040 printer and Memotech 16K RAM; pull-up resistors on data lines; load amp circuit; print command compiler.

Patch to enable MTERM I to print via Tasman Interface.

New computers, software libraries, compilers and assemblers, magazines, hardware developments (joysticks, printer interfaces, modems, tape copiers).

Changes to make Tasman B and C printer interfaces work better with Larken disk system.

Cassette signal booster schematic in the May/June 1986 issue of Sincus News. Tasman centronics printer and Foote Print Centronics Interface described. Spectrum games

This program addition will allow you to make full size printer copies from Quadra-Chart.

One user’s notes about using the interface with the 2068.

TASPRINT is a utility produced by Tasman Software, the same firm in England which sells Tasword II and the Tasman interface.

POKEs for 2040 printing; large print.

Make it work with the Larken DS-400.

Tips on adapting Fred Nachbaur’s universal printer driver to the two types (B and C) of the Tasman CPI (Centronics Parallel Interface). Bob Swoger recommends mineral oil for edge connector and other contacts.

In Volume 1, I ran a series on getting the most out of your ZX/TS with full-size printer and Memotech Centronics interface. Since then, this CIF has become unavailable. Fortunately, several other printer interfaces (both parallel and serial) are available. These include Centronics Parallel IF’s by Aerco, Byte-Back, John Oliger, and Tasman, and serial IF’s…

Printing from Tasword via the serial port on the Zebra disk drive system.

With some simple modifications you can get full size printer copies from the popular TS2068 ” VU-3D” program, using the TASMAN parallel printer interface.

Here is a short program which will allow you to use your “80 Column” Printer to print a real spread sheet for presenting data (including tables you’ve already SAVEd) from the Psion Software program VU-CALC.

Tasword comes in a black plastic case about 6×9 inches with a 20 page manual. It loads easily in about a minute and signals its beginning with a beeping tone.