mbharrin@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Matthew Harrington) (10/10/90)
I have a Panasonic Electroic typewriter (model RK-T32) which has the capability of being used as a printer. The manual lists the computers supported, but Macs aren't on the list. However, IIe's and IIc's are supported (not a Mac II, but the old Apples). All I need is a box, purchased from Panasonic, to connect the typewriter to the RS-232C port. I don't want to go out and pay $100 dollars for this box if it won't work with my mac. I'd primarily use it for Word 4.0 and Excel. Does anyone know if it is possible to do this with a Mac? Are there any problems in compatibility? I once saw a printer driver that you chose from the chooser menu that said "typewriter", anyone familiar with it? I think I saw it in connection with an earlier version of Word. thanks, -Matt -- Matthew B. Harrington Internet: matt@ucsd.edu University of California at San Diego Bitnet: MATT@UCSD 9450 Gilman Dr. 926067 UUCP: ucsd!matt La Jolla, CA 92092-6067 Tel: (619) 457-9884
danforth@riacs.edu (Douglas G. Danforth) (10/10/90)
In <13121@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> mbharrin@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Matthew Harrington) writes: >Are there any problems in compatibility? I once saw a printer >driver that you chose from the chooser menu that said "typewriter", >anyone familiar with it? I think I saw it in connection with an >earlier version of Word. >thanks, >-Matt Sorry, this wont help you but WANG labs had a program that worked on their printers which allowed you to type on your terminal and the printer would type along with you in either direct or one line buffered mode. -- Douglas G. Danforth (danforth@riacs.edu) Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS) M/S 230-5, NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035