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From: jason@lakesys.UUCP (Jason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Amy and Apple
Summary: But the IW // is serial...
Message-ID: <799@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 88 16:39:27 GMT
References: <4763@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee Wisconsin
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In article <4763@gryphon.CTS.COM>, bilbo@pnet02.cts.com (Bill Daggett) writes:
> jeremy@fatcat.UUCP writes:
> > [Stuff deleted]
> >I love the Imagy all around and want to use it on my amy.
> >I'm looking to hook it up to the Parallel port to the Amiga. [...]
> 
> ONE alternate solution is to make your own cable.  I've had to do this on two
> [Stuff regarding making a cable]
>  
> Bill

	I'm not aware of any way to make a cable that converts from parallel
to serial (without having some extra hardware in there somewhere). I believe
that this is the major part of his problem... As for taking care of his
problem, I've seen ads for parallel/serial converters with buffers, but I
don't recall where... I had a similar problem (I have an Atari ST with an
Epson LX-800) when I started to program my //gs heavily (gee, I only get to
see 20 lines at a time of this 4000 line program? How nice...). I got an
IW // for the //gs... Much simpler (also more expensive, though) to handle,
no messy cable plugging and unplugging (of course, this is more of a problem
with parallels than it is with serial printers).


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	Jason - Not your average iconoclast