Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!vanvleck!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!CCC.BBN.COM!rstokes From: rstokes@CCC.BBN.COM (Robert Stokes) Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers Subject: IBM-PC --> Apple Laserwriter Message-ID: <8806201508.AA28229@brillig.umd.edu> Date: 1 Jun 88 14:22:01 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 22 Approved: laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu After much agonizing experimentation, we were able to successfully connect an IBM-AT compatible (Compaq) to the Apple L/W with the following pin configuration: Compaq L/W 1 8 2 2 3 3 4 20 5 7 6 6 7 4 8 5 9 None Notes: Compaq had 9 pin serial port, L/W had 25 pin. L/W must be shut down when changing the 4 position switch on the back of the L/W from PS to ascii. Hope this is of some assistance. Bob Stokes rstokes@ccr.bbn.com