Re: Apple II Csa2 FAQs: Printers, Part 18/25

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

GregChi writes ...
> 
> On 04 Jun 2003 11:23:50 GMT, rubywand@swbell.net wrote:
> 
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> 
> Please add this From: quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)
> 
> << Thank you, Raymond
> YES YES it works!! (but YOU knew that....:-)
> annotated (for others??? ):
> IBM 9 Pin Side               Apple Imagewriter II
> 2            rd                      3                 td
> 3            td                      5                 rd
> 8            cts                     1                 dtr
> 5            gnd                     4 and 8           gnd
> 1, 4 and 6   cd,dtr,dsr              2                 dsr
> 
> Thanks, this doesn't correlate to the 'pattern' in the official
> imagewriter II Tech Ref manual......
> (anybody that doesn't have a mini DIN cable w/ 4 & 8 connected inside:
> remove left leg from IWII. jumper 4 to 8...)
>  >>
> 
>    Great!  You can always jumper 4 and 8 on the end of the DE9.  As
> long as they are jumpered, it doesn't have to be on the actual mini
> DIN8 connector itself.  Most mini DIN 8 M/M cables have all 8 wires in
> them.  I used to have MD 8 M/M cables that were wired 1 to 1, etc to
> use for switchboxes, etc..
> 
> Raymond
> 
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     Thanks for posting the info, Greg. Different connections may work
because driver software for printers, NULL modem transfers, etc. usually
doesn't employ all of the possible serial control lines.



Rubywand