vossron@Apple.COM (Ronald N. Voss) (02/08/90)
I gave my father my old Mac Plus. He simultaneously wanted a new electronic typewriter, so we settled on the Panasonic KX-R435 which can double as a computer printer (about $250; he wanted the typewriter and didn't want to pay for a separate ImageWriter or such). The KX-R435 can be fitted with an available KX-R60 Interface Adapter which turns it into (forgive me) a Centronics port. Then we could get an Orange Micro Grappler (the nine-pin version?) for about $80 and make it look like a draft ImageWriter. But wait! The connector on the side of the typewriter is the same as the Mac's serial ports! My question: Does anybody *know* what this typewriter expects in this port? Is the KX-R60 secretly a parallel-to-serial adapter? Seems kinda silly to daisy-chain a s/p i/f to a p/s i/f when I wanted to go serial-serial in the first place. I'm somehow reluctant to just hook it up to see if it works. Anyone know this beast? Thanks in advance. -- Ron Voss Apple Computer I speak only for myself.