mike@fionn.lbl.gov (Michael Helm) (07/01/89)
I've got a venerable 2608a line printer attached to an HP1000.
It's got some kind of a parallel interface on it, labeled "26099-60002".
It looks Centronics-like (anyone know if it is?) on the printer
connector.
I'd like to move this printer to some other system if it's salvageable,
anybody got any ideas? I have a vague recollection that at some
time in the past there were HPIB-compatible versions of this printer
around == there wouldn't be a conversion kit available, would there?
Thanks,
Michael Helm (Internet mike@nuada.lbl.gov) (FAX 415 486 4873) (415 486 7248)
( M_Helm@lbl.gov ) rjn@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (07/01/89)
re: "I've got a venerable 2608a line printer attached to an HP1000." > It's got some kind of a parallel interface on it, labeled "26099-60002". > It looks Centronics-like (anyone know if it is?) on the printer connector. That's a differential parallel interface, "DataProducts longline" as I recall. Only the HP1000 and HP3000 ever had a host interface for that. It is definitely NOT centronics. > I'd like to move this printer to some other system if it's salvageable, > anybody got any ideas? I have a vague recollection that at some > time in the past there were HPIB-compatible versions of this printer > around == there wouldn't be a conversion kit available, would there? There used to be an HP-IB interface, but the 2608A was discontinued at least five years ago. Also, the HP-IB protocol was what we now refer to as "AMIGO block mode". Documentation on how to implement a driver might be very hard to come by. Regards, Hewlett-Packard Bob Niland rjn%hpfcrjn@hplabs.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road [hplabs|hpu...!hpfcse]!rjn Ft Collins CO 80525-9599