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- From: franklin@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (John Franklin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
- Subject: Re: Imagewriter II compatibility
- Message-ID: <BzqL0I.BI9@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 23:53:05 GMT
- References: <1992Dec14.060643.18971@cs.uoregon.edu> <shogun.09k2@tension.UUCP>
- Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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- >In article <1992Dec14.060643.18971@cs.uoregon.edu>,
- >elliott@idiotix.cs.uoregon.edu (Elliott E. Lee) writes:
- >>Hello, I've asked this before but never got a definite answer. Can I
- >>use my Imagewriter II with my A500? If so, do I need to make my own
- >>interface or are they available commercially? And do I need a driver
- >>and where can I get it?
- >>
- In article <shogun.09k2@tension.UUCP> shogun@tension.UUCP (Jay Brown) replies:
- > Yes, you can use your Imagewriter II with oyur A500. All you need is
- >the right serial cable. I know they used to make a cable for it, but I
- >haven';t seen it for a long time. You may have to make your own. The driver
- >should be on your extras disk.
-
- The cable that you need is a serial cable with the Apple DIN plug on one
- end and a standard DB-25 on the other. Since the ImageWrite is a serial
- printer, you'll have to hook it up to your serial port and tell
- prefrences that you're using a serial printer.
- When hooking up the IW2, you need to put a NULL modem adaptor between
- the Amiga and the printer. (If you don't, it won't hurt anything, but
- it also won't work...)
- --
- John Franklin
- franklin@csugrad.cs.vt.edu
- franklin@elfie.async.vt.edu
-