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From: steve@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Steve Mitchell)
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Subject: Re: PC to SCSI connections?
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Date: 8 Sep 90 06:09:50 GMT
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nmje@turing.newcastle.ac.uk (Michael Elphick) writes:


>    An acquaintance possesses both a Mac SE system (SE/30 with a GCC
> laser printer) and an Amstrad 286 PC-compatible.  His problem is that
> the laser printer is ONLY provided with a SCSI interface, and he would
> like to use it with the PC-compatible (which of course has only the
> usual serial and parallel ports).  Is there any solution based on some
> kind of interface converter, assuming that an appropriate driver can be
> found (or bought with such a converter)?  He would be willing to pay a
> few (i.e.  up to two or three) hundred pounds (or dollars).

There are lots of SCSI host adapters for PClones.  Adaptec, Seagate,
and Western Digital (I think  ;{) all make them.  Now software to drive
a printer might be a bit more of a problem...
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