Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!dswt
From: dswt@stl.stc.co.uk (Stewart Tansley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: LC + Epson FX-80 -- How?
Summary: Ditto
Message-ID: <4005@stl.stc.co.uk>
Date: 6 Feb 91 13:21:06 GMT
References: <1991Feb5.055032.27981@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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Reply-To: "Stewart Tansley" <dswt@stl.stc.co.uk>
Organization: STC Technology Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, UK
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A friend of mine has just received his shiny new LC (he actually ordered a
Classic, but the delivery time was so long he speedily 'upgraded' to a LC! Nice
bit of marketing Apple! :-( 

He's also been given an ancient Epson FX-80 printer. So the question is, how
can he connect them up? What cable? What software?

I believe the FX-80 has a parallel port (haven't seen it myself -- do these
beasts have only one port, or do they have both serial & parallel ports as
standard?).

I've heard of the commercial 'Grappler' thingymujig, but what we've got in
mind here is something *free* or *cheap*, using an  off-the-shelf cable, if
possible. 

Hundreds of you must have done this! Thanks for any help. Please email &
I'll summarise...

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