Re: Grappler Card

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

"Ed.Orbea@gmail.com" <ed.orbea@gmail.com> wrote:
> Today while my wife was shopping I went into the local Goodwill to see
> what was there (you never know). I found an Orange Micro Serial
> Grappler Printer Interface card
> The version number written on a tag over the EPOROm seems to be 561.3
> or S61.3
> The serial number on the card is 880801
> It has a 4-pin DIP switch, with Pin #1 - off, and Pins #2, #3 & #4 -
> on
> In the bag (plastic sandwich type of bag) there was a 26-pin ribbon
> cable then ended in what looks like a Centronics Parallel Port male
> connector.
> Does anybody have information on the card (it is a Grappler, not a
> Grappler +) and is it a Serial printer interface or a Parallel printer
> interface card (the card says serial, but the cable seems to be a
> parallel).
> Thanks

A serial version would also have a 26-pin header (for a DB-25
connector), so perhaps it's just the wrong cable. 

If there are 1488/1489 RS232 level changer chips on the card (near the
header) then it's a serial card. 
 
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