Re: Hamlet Act II from Belkin - manual?

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <blcfo0$1uiu$1@analog.eik.bme.hu>,
Petri Andras <petri@mit.bme.hu> wrote:
>I have acquired a "Hamlet Act II" Centronics printer interface for Apple IIc,
>manufactured by Belkin Components, on a local car boot sale, and I don't have
>any documentation for it.
>
>I think I managed to find out the wiring of the cable between the Hamlet and
>my IIc's serial port, but my trusty old Epson FX80 spews forth only random
>garbage when I try to print. The box has ten DIP switches and some of them
>obviously serves to select printer models, but I could not find out the
>good combination.

That a serial-to-parallel converter is spewing garbage when you print
through it would suggest that maybe you have a speed mismatch between the
computer and the converter.  You might try changing speeds on the computer
end and see if you can get it working that way.

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