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From: greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Solution to Apple Laserwriter Plus Hookup
Keywords: Apple Laserwriter Plus Serial Wiring Diagram
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Date: 21 Aug 89 22:50:41 GMT
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In article <19278@usc.edu> sutter@skat.usc.edu (Carl F. Sutter) writes:
>The original question was how to get an Apple Laserwriter Plus to work
>reliably as a serial port connected printer to the cube.
> ...
>The wiring is actually NOT a null-modem, and a possible confusing point is to
>put two null-modems in line, since an off the shelf Mac-Modem cable is a
>null-modem.

I bought an off-the-shelf cable for connecting a Macintosh to an
ImageWriter.  It works perfectly with my LaserWriter II NTX and I
imagine it would also work fine with a LaserWriter Plus, since they
are equivalent at the serial communications level.

I started out asking the people at the store if they had a cable for
connecting a LaserWriter to a Mac through the serial port.  They had
no idea that it was even possible (it isn't very well supported, if
at all, on the host end).  The word "ImageWriter" brought a knowing
sales smile to his face, though.  And since the ImageWriter is somewhat
out of fashion I only paid about $10 for the cable....

Glenn Reid
Adobe Systems