levine%351m.decnet@SCFB.NWC.NAVY.MIL ("351M::LEVINE") (04/12/91)
I have been handed the problem of attaching a Tektronix 4695 Color Graphics Copier to an IRIS (either 4D/240 or PI). All it came with is a cable haveing 36 pin Amphenol connectors on either end. What do I need to interface to the copier to the SGI (both hardware and software). Michael N. LeVine Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Ca 93555, USA Internet: levine%fidler.decnet@scfb.nwc.navy.mil,levine%fidler.decnet@26.3.0.85 (619) 939-2614 avn 437-2614 "Waiter, there's a bug in my soup!" "No, Sir, it's not a bug, it's a feature!"
jweldon@sgi.com (Jack P. Weldon) (04/13/91)
In article <9104111925.aa26738@VMB.BRL.MIL> levine%351m.decnet@SCFB.NWC.NAVY.MIL ("351M::LEVINE") writes: > > I have been handed the problem of attaching a Tektronix >4695 Color Graphics Copier to an IRIS (either 4D/240 or PI). All it came >with is a cable haveing 36 pin Amphenol connectors on either end. >What do I need to interface to the copier to the SGI (both hardware and >software). Sounds like the cable has 36-pin Centronics connectors on both ends, which would be used on a system that has Centronics outputs. This cable is what you would use if you purchased the parallel port option for your 4D-240 (called an IKON parallel board). On the PI, however, the parallel port is standard, but you need a PC-style parallel cable, with 25-pin rs232/EIA style connector on the PI side, and 36pin Centronics on the printer side. These PI cables can be purchased at any good PC store. Try to keep it < 8' and preferably double or triple shielded. Inmac is a good source (800-547-5444) for mail order. Order the 741-0 (8' shielded), the 740-0 (8' double-shielded), or the 785-2 (12' triple-shielded right-angle). I'm not familiar with the 4695 printer. Is that an Ink Jet printer or a Thermal Wax printer, and does it emulate the 4693 printers, or is it a PostScript? My 1990 and 1991 Tek catalogs only mention the 4693 series, the 4696 Ink Jet, and the Phaser series. -- Cheers, Jack P. Weldon (jweldon@csd.sgi.com)