Re: LaserWriter+ <--> IBM-PC

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From: Paul H. Calamai
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1986 01:44

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In article <185@drilex.UUCP> dricej@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson) writes:
>The Laserwriter requires some form of flow control to avoid overruns.
>By default, it uses XON/XOFF; the PC BIOS contains no knowledge of this.
>The PC, by default, can only deal with hardware (DTR) flowcontrol, and this
>only because it's really in the hardware, not the software.
>However, nearly every spooler I have ever seen supports XON/XOFF.  Most people
>will be using a spooler, so I think this is the answer.  Also, many programs
>that do spooling themselves (such as wordprocessors) support XON/XOFF.

Assuming the software (spooler) supports XON/XOFF flow control what are the pin
configurations for connecting the PC's serial I/O port to the Apple LaserWriter PLUS ?

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Subject: Re: LaserWriter+ <--> IBM-PC
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