Re: //c to Panasonic printer cable (?)

[cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)]

In article <32F867A1.733E@primenet.com>, momkat@primenet.com says...

>Christopher D. Heer wrote:

>> In article <5cnobr$b8h@pcnet4.pcnet.com>, lon@pcnet.com says...

>> >In article <5cmnff$efi@darla.visi.com>, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) 
>> >wrote:

>> >>In article <32EED5B8.5736@primenet.com>,
>> >>Jeanne Chappell  <momkat@primenet.com> wrote:

>> >>>A caller to our Users Group asked if her color Panasonic KXP 2123
>> >>>will work with her Apple //c and what cable would she need.
>> >>>I said "I dunno" but I'll ask the experts on csa2.

>> >Orange Micro made a number of adaptors to connect various printers to the
>> >Apple II's..  They made one adaptor that allowed just about any printer to
>> >emulate an Imagewriter.  It supported a number of different printers
>> >(including the pansonics).  I'm not sure if it's compatible with the 2123,
>> >but it may be worth looking into if the 2123 is compatible with older 
>> >models.

>> The 2123 is Epson compatible, so you're fine.  The Orange Micro board 
>> (dang, wish I could remember the name of it. . . ) works great with it.

>Problem being... 
>we are talking about hooking the printer up to a //c (no slots) - not a
>//e.

I know that.

The Orange Micro thingy whose name I cannot remember was designed to allow a 
//c to print to normal parallel printers via its printer port.  The Orange 
Micro box took care of the translation, printer emulation, etc.
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