Re: Imagewriter and ProFile Questions

[ralphp@gcstation.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi, Otter!

In article <4tel9h$i4u@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, cvotter@prairienet.org (Gary
Sutton) wrote:

> We recently picked up, dirt-cheap, a ProFile hard drive, an Imagewriter 
> II printer, and a Performa 14.4 modem; but we are having trouble getting 
> them to work.  The problem with the Profile is just the lack of a cable 
> to connect it to the GS.  Anyone have a spare cable that can daisychain 
> it to the 5.25" drive, or will I need to get a SCSI card to use it?

        Neither.  You need a Profile Interface Card.  The ProFile was
designed to use a parallel-printer type interface to drive it, and the //e
interface was basically the same with an added ROM to enable boot.

> The printer, I don't know what the problem is...  When I try to print a 
> file, it either prints a few lines of garbage or does nothing at all 
> (without freezing up the system).  I noticed that there are two sets of 
> DIP switches under the hood.  Anyone know what settings these should be 
> at?

        ImageWriter II - for usage on a //e or //c or //gs, it's
recommended to be set as:

SW1 - All Open (Option: For 12cpi, you can set 1-6 and 1-7 to Closed/Open).
SW2 - 1 and 2 both closed for 9600bps.  3 Closed for Xon/Xoff, open for
DTR.  4 is option card installed - open disables option card.

        NEVER fiddle with 2-5 and 2-6.

> And the modem...  It was obviously designed to run on a Mac, plugging 
> into the little port on the keyboard.  Can it be used on the GS as well, 
> provided I can get a cable long enough to plug it into the modem port, or 
> an extension for the cable?

        Eh?  Is it JUST the keyboard (ADB) port?  If so, it's a Global
Village Teleport modem, and I've never seen drivers to operate it off of a
//gs.

> 
> Any info and insights would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Yerf!
> Otter
        
        RwP

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