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From: romwa@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Mark Dornfeld)
Date: Wed, 13-Jul-88 21:56:16 EDT
Message-ID: <1988Jul13.215616.17895@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: serial to parallel
References: <849@gaboon.UUCP> <3204@edm.UUCP>
Reply-To: romwa@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Mark Dornfeld)

In article <3204@edm.UUCP> steve@edm.UUCP (Stephen Samuel) writes:
>From article <849@gaboon.UUCP>, by asv@gaboon.UUCP (Stan Voket):
> A client needs to utilize several existing parallel printers on his SCO
> xenix system. I am in need of a converter to utilize these on serial
> lines as all parallel ports are spoken for. Would someone suggest a

There are a number of converters on the market, some with
buffers.  One that we have used is called a "Microfazer".
They are difficult to set up.  Also, try Black Box company.
They have a full line of boxes that do just about anything you
can dream up.

Mark T. Dornfeld
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queens Park
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
M5S 2C6

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