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David. E. Goble <degoble@gtech> wrote:

> I actually have a MacSE/30 and a Brother M-1109 printer. This printer
> has a parrallel(?) and a serial port. It is setup to emulate an Epson
> Fx-80+. So I think all I need is a cable (a mac to serial cable) and a
> software driver.

Ah-HA! This is a Good Thing. Hmm, 1109 rings a bell somewhere ... I'm
a'wondering if that model was the one Brother made for use with most
Appe computers. Do you have the book for it still? The reason I ask is
that if you can get the Brother to emulate a C. Itoh 8510, then you can
use the standard ImageWriter driver.

(The original IW used the 8510 chassis, the IW2 used a Toshiba-built
chassis, but based on C. Itoh firmware.)

> Is a mac to serial cable the same as an imagewriter2 to Pc cable?

Could be. There are two types of Mac 8-pin-to-25-pin cables out there,
one has the TX and RX lines (pins 2 and 3 on the DB25) swapped over, one
doesn't. The worst that will happen with the wrong one is that your
printer will either sit there and do nothing, or start spouting
gibberish as soon as it is turned on. Try it and see, you can't hurt
anything (Mac or printer).


Geoffrey

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