Re: DeskJet connections... How?

[jkeim@unlinfo.unl.edu (james keim)]

G.Sanchez (butch@netcom.com) wrote:
: Dallas Hockley (hockleyd@dec3300.cuug.ab.ca) wrote:

: : I'm looking for the requirements to connect a newer DeskJet (520, 540, 560)
: : to an Apple IIGS.  They only have the DB-25 connector.  What card and/or
: : cable would this require, and where would be a good source for them?


Actually it's not a DB-25 connector.  I think it is the centronics 36 
parallel connector.

What you need is a Grappler+ or comparable card (Sequential Systems 
makes a clone, I think), Harmony-HP, and Pointless.  I am using the 
DJ520 with this combination.  Works great.  You might be able to get 
away with a serial to parallel converter if you need slot one for a 
card.  The parallel interface seems faster--or so I've heard.  Search 
comp.sys.apple2.marketplace for a parallel card.  

--James