dean@mind.UUCP (Dean Radin) (01/19/87)
Does anyone know if there's a device that would let a Mac or Mac+ talk to peripherals requiring centronix (parallel) interfaces? - Dean Radin, Princeton University, ...!princeton!mind!dean
oster@lapis.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (01/20/87)
You are in luck. The Microsoft Mac-Enhancer, a box that adds standard RS232-C serial ports and a Centronics parallel port to the macintosh, and comes with software to drive many printers, has been re-introduced by SoftStyle (I think) in Hawaii, the people who do LaserStart and EpsonStart (the laserjet and Epson mx-80 drivers.)
zben@umd5 (Ben Cranston) (01/20/87)
In article <453@mind.UUCP> dean@mind.UUCP (Dean Radin) writes: > Does anyone know if there's a device that would let a Mac or Mac+ > talk to peripherals requiring centronix (parallel) interfaces? Yes, as a matter of fact one of those cables I was building for a coworker was to hook up his Mac+ to a funny serial/parallel box he got that in turn drove a Centronix interface version of an ancient Apple printer he had from his Apple ][ days. The three wire cable worked fine. When he comes in later today I will get the specifics and Email them to you. -- umd5.UUCP <= {seismo!mimsy,ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!zben Ben Cranston zben @ umd2.UMD.EDU Kingdom of Merryland UniSys 1100/92 umd2.BITNET "via HASP with RSCS"
ericson@uiucdcsp.UUCP (01/22/87)
[ around Jan 19, 1987 by oster@lapis.berkeley.edu writes in response to a request for parallel output for a Mac: ] >You are in luck. The Microsoft Mac-Enhancer, a box that adds standard >RS232-C serial ports and a Centronics parallel port to the macintosh, and >comes with software to drive many printers, has been re-introduced by >SoftStyle (I think) in Hawaii, the people who do LaserStart and EpsonStart >(the laserjet and Epson mx-80 drivers.) Yeah, but for $245 or so, you could buy another printer, or half of a REALLY good printer (or maybe even an old CP/M computer to do the conversion :-). Is there anyone who knows a more cost-effective solution? I though I remembered early in the "128K days" that somone had a small attachment to the serial port that allowed either parallel or serial output. Its size was comparable to a gender changer. Anyone recall this? Are they still made? Thanks, Stuart Ericson {ihnp4,convex,pur-ee}uiucdcs!ericson
zben@umd5.UUCP (01/27/87)
[Re: parallel output for Mac:] >> ... The Microsoft Mac-Enhancer, a box that adds standard RS232-C serial >> ports and a Centronics parallel port to the macintosh ... > Yeah, but for $245 or so, you could buy another printer... > Is there anyone who knows a more cost-effective solution? Universal Interface Converter (Serial RS232C to parallel Centronix 36 pin) $99. Jonathan Freeman Designs 1067 Delores Street San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 822-8451 It's a little bigger than a gender changer, and has one of those icecube power supplies, but it worked with little messing around. I have no connection to this company other than having been asked to make cables for a co-worker's installation. Price is probably subject to change without notice, but it's a bit cheaper than $245... -- umd5.UUCP <= {seismo!mimsy,ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!zben Ben Cranston zben @ umd2.UMD.EDU Kingdom of Merryland UniSys 1100/92 umd2.BITNET "via HASP with RSCS"