smithj@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu (07/09/90)
I need to know how (if possible) to connect an OLD Commodore VIC-1571(?) printer to an IBM PC-XT compatible. I have posted this to a lot of groups in the hopes that someone can answer my question so 1) I am sorry if it has wound up in an inappropriate group 2) Try to send all replies via e-mail Please refrain from all question concerning the obvious idiocy of wanting to do such a thing. Only the lucky few who can answer the question deserve to know why I would want to do such a thing. -- I knew how the game was going to end when I took Brenda into the filing room but I took her in anyway. --Al They have one big advantage over us: *they* know where they're going. --Batman Has your family tried 'em, Powdermilk? --Garrison Keillor /* Jeffery G. Smith, BS-RHIT (AKA Doc. Insomnia, WMHD-FM) * * The Ohio State University, Graduate Physics Program * * 3193 Smith Lab, Columbus, OH 43210 (614) 292-5321 * * smithj@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu */
geoff@actrix.co.nz (Geoff McCaughan) (07/10/90)
In article <8485.269855ed@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> smithj@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes: > I need to know how (if possible) to connect an OLD Commodore VIC-1571(?) >printer to an IBM PC-XT compatible. Hmmm, 1571 is a floppy disk, but presume you mean one of the printers that used the C=64/VIC serial sort-of-IEEE interface. Well a (simple?) solution is to use a C=64 or even (gasp!) a VIC-20. The user port of these things can be set up to behave as a centronics compatible parallel in port. It is then a simple matter to send the data out via the usual printer port. A quick and dirty solution would involve only a few dozen lines of assembler. A more sophisticated program could utilise the available memory as a printer buffer. If you wanted to use this permanently I would suggest having the program blown into EPROM which can be placed on a PC board and plugged into the machines cartridge port. >such a thing. Only the lucky few who can answer the question deserve to know >why I would want to do such a thing. I still can't figure out why you'd want to bother....... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geoff McCaughan Email: geoff@actrix.co.nz Phone: +64 3 539545 or 852101 Amiga/Hardware/Unix/Quantum Mechanics Hacker Phax : +64 3 539567 "Anarchy: Think of it as evolution in action." ^ NEW ZEALAND!