Re: Looking for Cable

[spqr@ruth.uucp (Will Baguhn)]

dynasor@infi.net (Dennis McClain-Furmanski) writes:

| Kent Squires (squires@uiuc.edu) wrote:
| 
| : Those dumbasses.  Probably what you'll need to do is get the 
| : Imagewriter 1 cable witch goes from DIN 8 to DB25, and just get a
| : DB25 to DB9 converter.  I use the OL400, which originally came with
| : a parallel port, but I bought the serial port (it's a DB25 on the
| : plain 400) and replaced the parallel port on the printer. To make
| : it nice and short, I use a Mac to IW 1 cable to connect my GS to
| : my OL400, so I see no reason why you couldn't use the same, and just
| : use a DB25 to DB9 converter.
| 
| Good point. If I can't find the exact thing, that sounds like a fix.
| Thanks.
| 
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| dynasor@infi.net                                       The Doctor is on.

you might actually try a cable built for going between an old mac (9 
pin serial) and an Imagewriter II (minidin-8).  not sure about the 
pins, tho.

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