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From: teece@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (teece)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Connecting an ImagewriterII to Amiga
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Date: 26 Jun 90 19:34:38 GMT
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> I have an ImageWriterII I've attempted to connect to the Amiga, but I
> seem to be using the wrong kind of cable.  Could somebody please tell
> me what kind of cable, DIP settings, and preferences settings I need to
> have to make this matchup work?  Thanks.
> 
> Alexander Hinds



Here is a quick and dirty hookup for the Imagewriter II to the Amiga. It
uses no hardware handshaking (XON/XOFF instead).

     Imagewriter mini din 8                       DB-25 connector
              3-----------------------------------------3
              4-----------------------------------------7
              5-----------------------------------------2
Note. The DB-25 must be male for the A1000 and female for the others.

Set the Imagewriter dip switches as follows:
    SW1 - All switches up (open)
    SW2 - DDDUUD    where D = down (closed) and U = up (open)
This selects 9600 baud, XON/XOFF, 10 characters / inch, 66 lines / page, etc.
Set preferences to match, (make sure you select the serial port and settings!)

I have also made a cable using hardware handshaking, 1200 baud so the printer
you really need hardware handshaking, I could dig around and see if I can	find the details of how I made that cable.