Dropcheck Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Does anyone have a scanned manual for the Supra Microstuffer 64K Printer Buffer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I don't have the manual, but I'll second the request. I have the print buffer, and I've had to repair it twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 I don't have the manual, but I'll second the request. I have the print buffer, and I've had to repair it twice. Stephen, can you check something for me? Does the ribbon cable exiting from the back of the box go to the printer or is the printer directly connected to the fixed Centronics port? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Mine is connected like this:Atari SIO -> Into P:R device -> P:R: device Into Centronics Port of print buffer -> Ribbon Cable of print buffer then goes into printer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Mine is connected like this: Atari SIO -> Into P:R device -> P:R: device Into Centronics Port of print buffer -> Ribbon Cable of print buffer then goes into printer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 No one has a manual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 8/7/2017 at 7:58 AM, Stephen said: I don't have the manual, but I'll second the request. I have the print buffer, and I've had to repair it twice. Sorry for resurrecting an old thread. A quick question that has cropped up. What power supply are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 6:55 AM, Dropcheck said: Sorry for resurrecting an old thread. A quick question that has cropped up. What power supply are you using? Sorry - I keep forgetting to dig this out and take a look. IIRC, the original power supply was hard wired (soldered) to the mainboard. Turns out it went bad, causing the unit to fail powering on. My original repair was replacing the RAMs. I'll leave myself a note to try to find what power supply I wired in when the original died sometime tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 10 hours ago, Stephen said: Sorry - I keep forgetting to dig this out and take a look. IIRC, the original power supply was hard wired (soldered) to the mainboard. Turns out it went bad, causing the unit to fail powering on. My original repair was replacing the RAMs. I'll leave myself a note to try to find what power supply I wired in when the original died sometime tomorrow. Thanks, Stephen, for looking. I bought one on Ebay recently but without the power supply. I can't find any info on it and there is no info on the unit itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 OK - just went down and took a look. I am using a 9VDC 1.5Amp power supply. I am pretty certain that internally the unit is completely powered via a 7805 regulator. The original supply which failed, was showing around 9V but it could not supply any current, so when the unit was powered on the voltage dropped too low to run reliably. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Stephen, I have another question. Do you remember/know how the MicroStuffer case opens? There are no screw holes. Not even under the rubber feet. I can see the seem on the side but not sure how to open it. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 It just pried open - there's three friction fit pins along each of the long edges of the case. These serve two purposes. They of course keep the case together, and also, the PCB sits on those pins. Apologies for the crap quality of the photos, but they were taken in 2007! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 For the sake of completeness, somebody just posted the manual for the Microstuffer on Archive.org. https://archive.org/details/micro-stuffer-printer-buffer-sleeve-box-sponge-hardware-power-supply-supra-corporation/MicroStuffer-PrinterBuffer_Operators-Manual_Supra-Corporation/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropcheck Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 6 hours ago, Allan said: For the sake of completeness, somebody just posted the manual for the Microstuffer on Archive.org. https://archive.org/details/micro-stuffer-printer-buffer-sleeve-box-sponge-hardware-power-supply-supra-corporation/MicroStuffer-PrinterBuffer_Operators-Manual_Supra-Corporation/ Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 I missed this the first time I looked at it earlier in the week. They included a scan of the power supply if anyone needs a power supply like myself. P.S. Can anybody point me to a modern power supply that would be correct for my Microstuffer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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