Re: Epson Stylus with Serial Interface to IIgs

["Polymorph" <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

PZ wrote:
> Remember that you'll have about 8x the throughput on an 9600bps
> connection with parallel vs serial, but freeing up a slot and asthetics
> have an argument as well.
>
> Also, some of the epson stylus printers had serial ports for macintosh
> compatibility.  I'm assuming you could have more success with one of
> these vs trying to do a serial to parallel conversion.
>
> - Paul
>

Paul,

I would gladly sacrifice the speed for the aesthetics that I mentioned.
However, I would also forego the aesthetics in favour of a working
printer.  ;-)

BTW the Epson Stylus 800 has the serial port for Mac compatibility - I
am not using a serial to parallel converter.

If nobody can shed any light on how to get the serial connection going,
I guess I'll have to install the parallel card again.  :-(

thanks,
-p