Re: Imagewriter II

["Richard Fife" <rfife@amug.org>]

Jeff Blakeney <CUTblakeney@home.com> wrote in message
news:377278c5.17992067@news...
> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:52:14 -0500, "Nathan Olson"
> <natolson@linkup.net> wrote:
>
> >I've been perusing Apple's Tech Info Library...and found an article that
> >says that you need a super serial card to connect the Imagewriter II to
an
> >Apple IIe...  My question is...do you connect the Imagewriter II to the
> >Apple IIe through the Super Serial Card...or with a card I've heard about
> >called "The Grappler"?  I'm not quite sure what "The Grappler" does...
>
> The Grappler and all its variations is a parallel interface card and
> is most commonly used to hook up printers that require a parallel
> interface.  I have a Grappler+ in my IIgs that I use to hook up a my
> Epson LQ-1050 wide carriage.
>
> The ImageWriter II requires a serial interface so you must use the
> Super Serial Card or equivalent in an Apple IIe to use the ImageWriter
> II.  I use my IIgs' serial port to hook up my ImageWriter II.

There WAS a serial Grappler, but they were pretty rare.

    -- Rich Fife --