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Re: Printing from a Mac SE to a MPS1000 printer

#40925
From: m.waucomont
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1989 18:21
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In article <8061@pucc.Princeton.EDU> BSKENDIG@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes:

>Theoretically, this should work: I can hook the printer port of the Mac up to
>my RS232 interface on the Commodore, have the C128 translate the incoming
>ImageWriter control codes to Epson codes, and send *that* to the MPS1000.

Correct!

>I only get meaningful data when I tell the computers to communicate at 2400
>baud - the C128 can't handle anything faster, ......

And that's your problem. Transferrate is 9600 baud, using 1 startbit and
one stop bit....

M. 'Mikki' Waucomont
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Subject: Re: Printing from a Mac SE to a MPS1000 printer
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Date: 25 Apr 89 18:21:03 GMT
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