Re: Using a non-ImageWriter printer with a Mac

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From: David Goldsmith
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1987 02:37

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In article <3647@ihlpa.ATT.COM> prgclb@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Blesch) writes:
>I'd like to know the opposite.  How hard is it to connect a non-Apple
>computer (e.g. an AT&T PC6300) to an Apple Imagewriter II?  I believe
>the IW's port is a standard serial port, but it has that funny circular
>connector.  Is it simply a matter of getting a cable with a standard
>serial RS-232 connector on one end and the Apple plug on the other?
Yes.  An Apple // to Imagewriter // serial cable should do nicely.
(Remember, Apple //s use standard RS-232 connectors (at least the //e
does).)
-- 
David Goldsmith
Apple Computer, Inc.
MacApp Group

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From: dgold@apple.UUCP (David Goldsmith)
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Subject: Re: Using a non-ImageWriter printer with a Mac
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