Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!tness7!killer!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!ucbvax!well.UUCP!samlb From: samlb@well.UUCP (Samuel B. Bassett) Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers Subject: Re: IBM-PC --> Apple LaserWriter Keywords: IBM-PC, LASERWRITER Message-ID: <8806201646.AA00489@brillig.umd.edu> Date: 2 Jun 88 05:44:52 GMT References: <8805311537.AA12064@brillig.umd.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 20 Approved: laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu The minimum hook-up that will work is: 2 3 3 2 6 20 7 7 20 6 (The printer doesn't need to see the signal from pin 20 (DTR) on pin 6 (DSR), but the PC _DOES_). I am informed by sa tech who should know that only _ONE_ end of the wire attached to Pin 1 should be connected. He said something about "ground loops" if both Pin 1 & Pin 7 had wires connected . . . -- Sam'l Bassett -- Semantic Engineering for fun & profit. 34 Oakland Ave., San Anselmo CA 94960; DDD: (415) 454-7282 UUCP: {hplabs,ptsfa,lll-crg}!well!samlb; Internet: samlb@well.uucp Compuserve: 71735,1776; WU Easylink ESL 6284-3034; MCI SBassett