maye_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Robert Mayer) (01/23/91)
Ok, here's the deal. I've got an extended carriage imagewriter. Remember those fun 14" carriage imagewriter 1's that were around and about when the //e was released? Well I bought one with my //e. A while ago I got a ROM 3...I've been running it with a SSC but there are quite a few programs that absolutely refuse to let me use the SSC to print and insist that I use the printer port... Here's the strangeness. I tried to use a normal 8 pin DIN to 25 pin RS232C cable (read apple's printer cable) It has all together the wrong pin outs... I have the pin configurations but the terminology confuses me and some help would really be appreciated. Here's the stats... Serial Port Printer input ---------------------- ------------------------ 1 DTR 1 Frame Ground 2 Handshake In 2 Send Data + 3 Transmit Data - 3 Recieve data - 4 Ground Reference & Supply 4 Request to send + 5 Recieve Data - 7 Signal Ground 6 Transmit Data + 14 Fault + 7 General Purpose Input 20 DTR + 8 Recieve Data + Obviously the ouputs run to the inputs but I get lost in the lingo and also the fact that the printer input only lists 7 different pins but actually has pin outs for pins 1, 2, 3, 11 - 16, 23, 24, 25. It's not a normal cable. So this is from the manual... Then I actually look at the cable... The cable actually has pin outs for 1-8, 12, 13, 19, 20, and 23 Has somone gone through this before???? I asked my local dealer and he just looked at me funny, thought I really expected no more. I went in asking about GS/OS 5.0.3 a month ago and he said, and I QUOTE: "A two gs??? I think we have one of those in storage in the back." Can someone either tell me the correct pin in / out stats so I can make my own or tell me where I might be able to get a cable for the flippy thing. please... If you can't help me at all would at least call Cupertino and screm at them in my behalf. _____________________________________________________________________________ | Robert Mayer | The ideas in this message do not | | maye_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu | necessarily reflect those of the author| | MAYELTD@UORVM.BITNET | or anyone else for that matter... | |___________________________________|_________________________________________| | | | 1000101 1000101 1001011 0100001 | The Origional Iguana Owners | |_____________________________________________________________________________|