Re: Buffer card for Grappler+ and Epson MX-80

[wernst@deltanet.com (Warren 'Llama' Ernst)]

John Le Febvre <john@klatch.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950919220123.3960A-100000@orion>  Sleepless at SFSU <leed@sfsu.edu> writes:
>> 
>> Hi!
>> 	Just out of curosity, does anyone know if a buffer for my 
>> parallel grappler+ interface card ever existed?  I seem to remember there 
>> was one, but don't know for sure.  It sure would be useful for printing 
>> those long documents in Appleworks and those fliers using Print Magic.  :)

>Yes, I have one.  It's called a BufferBoard and in my case has 16Kb RAM on 
>board.  I'm not too sure, though, as I haven't looked at it in a while.
>It has a short ribbon which connects to the Grappler, and a connector to
>plug your printer cable into.

Grappler also made the Grappler + with integrated buffer, making a
rather long, yet single, card for your Slot 1. Mine has 64k on it,
which is positively HUGE for basic AppleWorks text. While using
graphical programs like SuperFonts or PublishIt!, however, the 64 k
gets swamped almost immediately. I guess it depends upon what you do.

Virtually,
Warr


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