Re: cables

[valthoff@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Victoria M Althoff)]

In article <1994Mar12.202245.2383@pro-att.cts.com>,
Saul Schwartz <sauls@pro-att.cts.com> wrote:
>I need some expert CABLE advice. I have a cable that went from a super Serial
>Card (in my IIE) to my Imagewriter II. I am wondering if i reverse it could I
>use it to conect my IIGS serial port to the serial port on a Deskjet 500.
>
>Also, does anyone know of a parallel card that I  could put in my IIGs that
>would work well with my Deskjet 500 and my Harmonie.
>
As for the cable, you should be able to use it with no problem.  Be aware of 
one thing, though...I understand that some people have had good luck using that
cable for a modem on a GS, which would indicate that the transmit and receive 
data lines may be reversed from what the printer expects.  If that is the case 
(I'm really not positive that it is), you may need to get a null-modem adapter,
readily available wherever IBM-world serial cables are sold, and fairly cheap.

I don't know what parallel cards are out there today, but I have an MPC card in
my ][e.  The only adjustment available on the card is a jumper, which I believe
toggles between "CR sends CR" and "CR sends CR+LF".  It's about as basic a 
parallel card as you can get.

As for the Grappler+, I was under the impression that if the four DIP switches 
were misset, the card would still function, but would not properly provide the 
text and graphics dump features, which are probably easier to handle through 
software these days anyway.

In any case, look around for any basic parallel interface.  Those things are 
REALLY simple on the Apple, since the I/O bus is 8-bit parallel to begin with!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
(still accepting help on my ProDOS deleted file problem...but I'm making good 
progress!)