[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] C64 -> Amiga printer hookup

lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (06/15/90)

In <10531@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN) writes:
>Here's a strange question. Does anyone know of a way to hook up a C64
>printer to a nice normal RS232 port (like say that of an Amiga 2000).

No, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible.  It would be quite difficult.
You see, the serial interface to the disks and printer on a C64 was not RS232.

-larry

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gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN) (06/15/90)

Here's a strange question. Does anyone know of a way to hook up a C64
printer to a nice normal RS232 port (like say that of an Amiga 2000).


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