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From: tronix@polari.UUCP (David Daniel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: How do I connect a parallel printer?
Keywords: C-128, Qume ProPrinter, Centronics, GEOS
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Date: 14 Apr 90 04:05:33 GMT
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In article <5094@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> jph@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (joseph.p.haggerty) writes:
>I have been offered a Qume ProPrinter 20 (Centronics parallel interface, daisy
>wheel) printer at an attractive price, but I don't know how to connect it to my
>C-128.  I have heard about "interface cards" and a "geoPrint cable" (from
>Berkeley Softworks but out of production).  The interface cards seem to convert
>between Centronics parallel and the Commodore serial bus, but they cost as much
>as the printer!  Is the Berkley cable just a wire--something that I could
 
Alot has to happen to get from C= serial (which is actually a hack of IEEE) to
standard parallel. I recommend the HotShot Parallel interface by Omnitronix.
It will support all drivers and has a variety of software built it in case you
want to utilize a parallel graphics printer. Last I hard the retail price was 
$59.95, but many mail order stores offer them for $15-20 less.
Check with Tenex Computer Express for their prices.
>fabricate myself?  Does anybody have any idea which GEOS driver would work?

 Any Geos driver that supoorts a daisy wheel printer should work.

>
>			Joe Haggerty
>			AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany, NJ
>			[attunix!]whamr!jph


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