grim1@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Pilgrim) (02/22/89)
Just a simple question... I currently have an Apple IIGS with
various periphery including an Imagewriter II printer. I now
have a need to run MS-DOS software and am considering purchasing
an IBM clone. (I'm not too impressed with the PC transporter)
Is there any way (software and/or hardware) to allow an IBM clone
to use an Imagewriter II? Thanks for any help you can offer.
Steve PilgrimSnake@cup.portal.com (Dan g Sobel) (02/24/89)
You shouldn't have much problem getting the IBM (or Clone) to accept the immagewriter, you will need a Cable to adapt the funny Apple Din to a standard serial port, and you'll need to set all the programs in the IBM to look for LPT (the line printer) on a COM (serial) port. The major problem is, that you will probably not find any software drivers to use your printer, you are probab better off just buying a cheap Epson Clone for the IBM.
mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) (02/25/89)
In article <15011@cup.portal.com>, Snake@cup.portal.com (Dan g Sobel) writes: > You shouldn't have much problem getting the IBM (or Clone) to accept the > immagewriter, you will need a Cable to adapt the funny Apple Din to a standard > serial port, and you'll need to set all the programs in the IBM to look for > LPT (the line printer) on a COM (serial) port. The major problem is, that you > will probably not find any software drivers to use your printer, you are probab > better off just buying a cheap Epson Clone for the IBM. Word Perfect 4.2 and 5.0 support the ImageWriter printer, as do many other major IBM software packages. Other packages, such as Lotus 1-2-3, dBase III+, etc. aren't all that picky about what's hooked up to them either. (If you want to get picky, I don't think that Lotus offers an ImageWriter driver for the PrintGraph application.) Buying the cable is, as you said, not a problem. These are available from many mail order warehouses. Setting MS-DOS to use a COM port as LPT1 is no problem either. This command line (don't quote the syntax) would do the trick: mode lpt1=com1:9600,8,n,1 Which sets LPT1 as being the physical COM1 port, running at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, one stop bit. Then you just configure the DIP switches in the ImageWriter to match, or better yet, you change the baud/ parity/data bits/stop bits to match the default settings that are used by the Apple II series and the Mac. Then any program that is capable of printing to LPT1 (most everything) can print to the ImageWriter. Michael Niehaus Apple Student Rep Ball State University UUCP: ..!{pur-ee,iuvax}!bsu-cs!mithomas AppleLink: ST0374
vojta@skippy.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta) (03/05/89)
In article <7788@ihlpf.ATT.COM> grim1@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Pilgrim) writes: >Just a simple question... >Is there any way (software and/or hardware) to allow an IBM clone >to use an Imagewriter II? Thanks for any help you can offer. > Steve Pilgrim In article <5902@bsu-cs.UUCP> mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writ es: >... >Then you just configure the DIP >switches in the ImageWriter to match, or better yet, you change the baud/ >parity/data bits/stop bits to match the default settings that are used by >the Apple II series and the Mac. Then any program that is capable of >printing to LPT1 (most everything) can print to the ImageWriter. But also: don't forget to set the DIP switch for DTR protocol instead of X-on/ X-off protocol. --Paul Vojta, vojta@math.berkeley.edu