Re: HP 540 DeskJet to GS

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <41rjcn$3h3@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
Gord Favelle <favelle@access.mbnet.mb.ca> wrote:
> I recently bought a HP 540 DeskJet for my notebook (IBuMmer) and would 
> like to connect it to my GS.  I know Harmonie has a 550C driver which 
> should work with my 540, but it appears I need a 9 pin din to centronics 
> cable.  Is this so and where can one find this type of cable?

Whoa - backtrack a bit.

The DeskJet 540 does not have a serial interface.  It only supports a
parallel interface.

The IIgs has no built-in parallel interface.  To connect the 540 to the
IIgs, you will either have to get hold of a parallel interface card
(and corresponding cable - they are different for most brands of Apple
II parallel cards), or get a serial-to-parallel converter with
appropriate cabling.
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David Empson
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