Re: Connecting to Centronicsprinter-- Mac update

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

> Jan Canrinus wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to connect a printer with a centronics interface
> > with an Apple Classic II ?
>
>     It turns out that you are talking about a _Mac_ "Apple Classic II",
>not a classic Apple II computer. So, you can forget about early 80's
>Apple II interface cards.
>
>     If your Mac has a 25-pin parallel printer port (like a PC port),
>all you may need is a standard Centronics cable.
>
>     Otherwise, you can check the printer to see if it has an
>alternative serial I/O socket and connect to your Mac's serial port.

Macs use serial to parallel interfaces to connect to standard parallel
printers.  There is a package of drivers similar to Harmonie to drive
the printers.

The Apple IIGS also functions indentically with the same serial to
parallel interfaces.

See http://www.globalcomputers.com/ product stock No. TAC6179
for more information...