Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!pbhyg.PacBell.COM!ba From: ba@pbhyg.PacBell.COM (Behzad Alavi) Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers Subject: IBM-PC --> Apple LaserWriter Keywords: IBM-PC, LASERWRITER Message-ID: <8805311537.AA12064@brillig.umd.edu> Date: 7 May 88 00:42:53 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 22 Approved: laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu I have been trying to directly connect an IBM-PC (XT) or PS-2 to an Apple LaserWriter. Using the COM1: port, I have tried a straight db25 serial connection plus the following: 1 ------ 1 2 ------ 3 3 ------ 2 4 & 5 4 & 5 7 ------ 7 6 & 8 & 20 6 & 8 & 20 I have not yet been able to print a vanilla ASCII file. If you could e-mail the right patch configuration, I really appreciate it. pacbell!pbhyg!ba Behzad Alavi