Help! Anyone familiar with BCD signal output?

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From: Bruce T. Blakely
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 00:28

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We have an instrument (a luminometer) that, acccording to the manual, has
a "BCD signal output suitable for interface with Apple II and other 
compatible data systems." The connector for this output is a Centronics
style connector. However, we do not have an Apple II.

Is there any (fairly simple) way that we can feed this BCD signal into
a computer? Preferably, into the serial port of a Mac, or into the serial
or parallel ports of a PC? Currently, we have to record the instrument 
readings by hand; if we can get it to talk to the computer, we can dump the
output into a file for printing or into a spreadsheet for manipulation.
(It would be fine to connect it to a printer, but if we can get it to
talk to a printer, we could probably get it to talk to computer).

The machine also has an analogue output, for what its worth...

Is there a better newsgroup on which to post this question?

Thanks for any help,
Bruce Blakely
blakely@cmgm.stanford.edu

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From: blakely@leland.Stanford.EDU (Bruce T. Blakely)
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Subject: Help! Anyone familiar with BCD signal output?
Date: 26 May 1994 00:28:04 GMT
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