Re: need help attaching printer

[cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)]

It was 5 Mar 1997 23:34:00 GMT.  I was reading instead of working.  And Quentin 
P. Antrim  <quentin.antrim@symbios.com> said:

>I have a printer that I want to attach to an Apple IIe.  It's been 10 years 
>since I last touched an Apple II, and I just bought this computer, so bear 
>with me.  

>The printer is serial, but the interface on it requires the baud rate, data 
>bits and parity be set to match the serial interface on the computer.  I have 
>not been able to figure out what the settings for the Apple's serial interface 
>are through trial and error.  Anybody know?  Also, is there anything special 
>about the serial cable, or will it just use a straight through cable?

>As far as I can tell, it's just the normal (not the Super Serial card) serial 
>card typically found in slot 1.  

There is no "normal" serial card typically found in slot 1 in a //e.

Although there was an Apple Serial card, it wasn't all that commonly installed; 
prior to the ImageWriter, most printers were parallel.  The most common card 
*I* can recall from those days was, in fact, the Super Serial card.

You'll need to provide a description of the card so it can be identified.

Additionally, although I don't know for sure (not knowing the card), I would 
very much doubt a straight through cable would work.  Remember, connecting DTE 
to DTE requires the pins reversed, etc., a la a null modem.
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