Re: Apple //e as serial terminal

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dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff) wrote:

>Kragen Sitaker (kragen@dnaco.net) wrote:
>
>: Michael Y Wong <by549@torfree.net> wrote:
>: >Is there really a bi-directional parallel printer interface? Can you tell 
>: >me where I can buy one?
>
>: There really are bidirectional parallel interfaces.  Someone told me in
>: email that there are even bidirectional parallel interfaces for the
>: Apple //e.  But I don't know anything about them.
>
>Isn't the ProFile controller actually a bidirectional parallel card?  I
>know that on my Lisa, the Profile connects to the parallel port...

The ProFile controller is indeed a bidirectional parallel
card.  It might be easier just to plug in a bidirectional
serial to parallel converter into the printer port or the
Super Serial Card, though.  ProFile controller is even
more rare than the ProFile (the Apple II version of the
controller, that is).