Re: I just got a IIc.....HELP?

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

crazyblake (crazyblake@earthlink.net) wrote:

: A Apple Scribe Printer with cable came with the computer, but I can't seem
: to get it too work. I plugged it in to Port #1 (default from my readings
: on this group) and nothing seems to happen when I try to print using
: Broderbund's Print Shop. I also tried the following BASIC program under
: ProDOS (v1.0.1) but nothing happens:

: 50 HOME
: 100 PRINT "PRINTING ON SCREEN"
: 110 PR#1
: 120 PRINT "PRINTING ON SCRIBE"
: 130 PR#0
: 140 PRINT "PRINTING ON SCREEN AGAIN"
: 150 END

Dunno about the Print Shop problem, aside from whether it supports the Scribe
or whether you have it configured properly, but I see problems with the
Applesoft program up there. If you use Applesoft's PR# statement instead
of BASIC's, you'll disconnect BASIC and bad stuff will happen. Change PR#1
to print chr$(4)"pr#1" and the same for PR#0 except use 0 instead of 1
of course.

: If anybody knows how to print from my Mac (Performa 6116) to the Scribe
: (using a old modem cable) please tell me.

Highly unlikely that software exists to use a Scribe with a Mac. Those printers
were only made '84 to '85 or so and I'm not sure Macs ever supported 'em.

: Also, I have been seeing some software availible to put onto the computer,
: but it comes out as gibberish on my mac and I ave no way of getting it
: onto the IIc (the disk drive is built in). How can I get files (text?)
: from my mac to the IIc without buying another drive?

Eh? Gotta be more specific than "gibberish".
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Randy Shackelford
shack@southwind.net