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Re: Odd IIc accessory...



In article <bpjsg3$kjh$1@News.Dal.Ca>, Jonathan Adams says...
>
>Hi all,
>
>I found some sort of serial to parallel converter for the IIc at a local
>thrift shop labelled "Granny Smith Connection". A Google search turned up
>no results. Could anybody give me some information on it?

No specific information on that, but it sounds like a printer converter.  Most
Apple-supporting printers of the day used a parallel port to talk to the
computer.  The //c was built with only serial connections, perhaps in part to
drive the purchase of Apple built serial interfacing printers (<-- cynical
view).

Converters appeared to allow people's current printer, or a new purchased
parallel port interface printer to connect to the //c's port.

hth
sdg