Re: Imagewriter II cable

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

Imagewriter used a 25-pin serial connection.  The Image-
writer II used an mini-8 pin connector like on the back
of the IIgs or the Mac's.  To go from a IIgs, you will
need a Mac serial cable-mini 8 to mini 8.  To go from
a IIe, you need a 25 pin to mini 8.

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"Linards Ticmanis" <ticmanis@coli.uni-sb.de> wrote in message
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> william strutts wrote:
>
> > I have a cable I bought today at a Thrift store for an
> > Imagewriter II to a IIe Super Serial card.  On the 25
> > pin side, it has pins 2,3,6,7,8, and 20.  On one end
> > there is an icon of a printer, this is the end with the
> > mini-8 connector and the other has an Apple.  It is
> > marked 590-0556-A.  Would this act as a null modem
> > for a IIgs to Windows PC?  If so, will it support
> > hardware handshaking?  Thanks for any info.
>
>
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> Hmmm.... I just bought an Imagewriter II in an online auction which
> said "cables not included, but they are standard cables."
>
> So I take your post to mean that it is not a standard 25-25 serial
> cable?
>
> Is the needed plug type still available?
>
> And where could I find info on the wiring?
>
> <sorry I couldn't help with the original problem. don't you hate it
> when an answer appears in your newsreader and then it turns out to be
> just another question?>
>
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> Linards Ticmanis
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