Re: EPSON parallel card?

["David Chiu" <none@nowhere.org>]

The bad news is that in the days of Apple IIs, parallel printer cards are
not... standardized when it comes to cabling on the card end. Although the
centronics 36pin has specific requirements, there is absolutely no standard
what so ever on the end that attaches to the card. Every vendor does it
"their own way."

Unless you can find documentation for the card and fabricate your own cable,
I am afraid all you have is a nifty paper weight. The good news is that
there were enough Epson APL cards out there that presumably someone out
there does have the documentation... (anyone?)

"Linards Ticmanis" <ticmanis@coli.uni-sb.de> wrote in message
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> In the II+ i bought last week (this time no clone - yeah baby) there was
> a "APL B" card manufactured by EPSON. It has a bunch of 74xx, one 2716
> EPROM and one 20-pin post connector with a funny 2-lever retention
> mechanism. I assume this is a parallel card for EPSON FX 80 and similar
> printers? Which cable would go with it? Cause the cable wasn't with the
> computer any more.